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Azacitidine

Medical Definition: A pyrimidine analogue that inhibits DNA methyltransferase, impairing DNA methylation. It is also an antimetabolite of cytidine, incorporated primarily into RNA. Azacytidine has been used as an antineoplastic agent.
Also Called: NSC-102816
CAS Type 1 Name: CAS Number: 320-67-2
Previously Indexed: Nucleosides (1966-1971),Triazines (1966-1971)

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