"Cytosine Deaminase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme which catalyzes the deamination of CYTOSINE resulting in the formation of URACIL. It can also act on 5-methylcytosine to form THYMIDINE.
| Descriptor ID |
D043525
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.151.486.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Cytosine Deaminase- Cytosine Deaminase
- Deaminase, Cytosine
- Cytosine Aminohydrolase
- Aminohydrolase, Cytosine
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cytosine Deaminase" by people in Profiles.
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Annexin V-Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy Plus Docetaxel for the Targeted Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer. Pancreas. 2015 Aug; 44(6):945-52.
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Targeted enzyme prodrug therapy for metastatic prostate cancer - a comparative study of L-methioninase, purine nucleoside phosphorylase, and cytosine deaminase. J Biomed Sci. 2014 Jul 22; 21:65.
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Annexin V-targeted enzyme prodrug therapy using cytosine deaminase in combination with 5-fluorocytosine. Cancer Lett. 2011 Aug 01; 307(1):53-61.