Deoxyuridine

• 1 - (2 -deoxy- β -D - ribofuranosyl ) uracil

Colorless solid

Fixed

50 mg / ml H2O

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Deoxyuridine ( dU or short DNA sequences only U) is a nucleoside and consists of the nucleobase uracil and the sugar deoxyribose, β -D -. It comes in the DNA only rarely, since only deoxythymidine acts as a base partner of adenine in the rule.

Deoxyuridine differs only by the absence of a methyl group of deoxythymidine, one of the four main constituents of DNA. The methyl group causes a slight stabilization of the double-stranded form of DNA.

Related compounds

• Brivudin
• Bromodeoxyuridine
• Idoxuridine