Description
A pyrimidine nucleoside; pairs with guanine in RNA and is a precursor to uridine; can incur several modifications in mRNA, including methylation and acetylation, that function to regulate translation; can be formylated to 5-formylcytidine in tRNAMet
Formal name:
Synonyms: NSC 20258|β-D-Cytidine
Molecular weight: 243.2
CAS: 65-46-3
Purity: ≥98%
Formulation: A solid