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Wiktionary
n. (context biochemistry genetics English) The nucleoside consisting of a combination of deoxyribose and thymine
WordNet
n. a nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose [syn: deoxythymidine]
Wikipedia
Thymidine (deoxythymidine; other names deoxyribosylthymine, thymine deoxyriboside) is a pyrimidine deoxynucleoside. Deoxythymidine is the DNA nucleoside T, which pairs with deoxyadenosine (A) in double-stranded DNA. In cell biology it is used to synchronize the cells in G1/early S phase.
Before the boom in thymidine use caused by the need for thymidine for the production of the antiretroviral drug azidothymidine (AZT), much of the world's thymidine production came from herring sperm. Thymidine occurs almost exclusively in DNA but also occurs in the T-loop of tRNA.
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Space had been found for the transplanted material in a gene of vaccinia called thymidine kinase, and it multiplied along with its new host.