National Cancer Institute
Abstract
Any substance that inhibits cytidine deaminase, an enzyme that scavenges exogenous and endogenous cytidine and 2'-deoxycytidine for UMP synthesis. Inhibition of cytidine deaminase increases the biological half-life of cytidine-containing compounds.
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Any substance that inhibits cytidine deaminase, an enzyme that scavenges exogenous and endogenous cytidine and 2'-deoxycytidine for UMP synthesis. Inhibition of cytidine deaminase increases the biological half-life of cytidine-containing compounds.
Key concepts: Cytidine deaminase, Cytidine, Activation-induced (cytidine) deaminase, Deoxycytidine, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Enzyme, Biology