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cytidine

cytidine

9.3
A small molecule made when the chemical cytosine joins a sugar, found in RNA and DNA
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪtəˌdaɪn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : citosina
  • And in DNA one finds cytidine and thymine abbreviated as C&T.

And so the way we go from UNP to to the cytidine monophosphate is complicated.

Examples

  • In the laboratory, researchers often study the properties of cytidine and its derivatives.

  • Cytidine is essential for cytidine synthesis in living cells.

  • And so the way we go from UNP to to the cytidine monophosphate is complicated.

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  • Cytidine, which is composed of cytosine and ribose, plays a crucial role in genetic information storage.

Surface Forms

cytidine singular
cytidines plural

Morphology

cytidine = cytosine (semi-transparent) = cytid + idine

The relation to the base 'cytosine' is clear for learners with some biology background, but the suffix '-idine' and exact nucleoside meaning are specialized and not obvious to an average B1 learner.

Etymology

The word cytidine comes from the root cyto- meaning 'cell' (the same idea as the English word 'cell') and from the name cytosine, a chemical base. A helpful way to remember it is that cytidine is cytosine attached to a sugar, so it is a small building block used in RNA and DNA.