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Cytidine Deaminase Inhibitor
Any substance that inhibits cytidine deaminase, an enzyme that scavenges exogenous and endogenous cytidine and 2'-deoxycytidine for UMP synthesis. Inhibition of cytidine deaminase increases the biological half-life of cytidine-containing compounds. (NCI Thesaurus)
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