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GUANOSINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("guanosine" is a kind of...):
nucleoside (a glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid)
Context examples:
The determination of the amount of cyclic guanosine 3,5-monophosphate present in a sample.
(Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
This agent, when administered in conjunction with a synthetic acyclic guanosine analogue, possesses potential antineoplastic activity.
(Ad-hCMV-TK, NCI Thesaurus)
A sulfate salt form of abacavir, a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor analog of guanosine.
(Abacavir Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)
A succinate salt form of abacavir, a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor analog of guanosine.
(Abacavir Succinate, NCI Thesaurus)
A synthetic analog of the purine nucleoside, guanosine, with potent antiviral activity against herpes simplex viruses type 1 and 2, varicella-zoster virus and other viruses of the herpesvirus family.
(Acyclovir, NCI Thesaurus)
Binding stimulates the exchange of guanosine triphosphate (GTP) for guanosine diphosphate (GDP) on the G-protein complex and interacts with and inhibits adenylate cyclase located at the inner surface of the plasma membrane.
(Hydromorphone, NCI Thesaurus)
In turn, nitroglycerin is converted into nitric oxide (NO), which activates guanylyl cyclase, increasing cyclic guanosine monophosphate concentration thus resulting in smooth muscle relaxation.
(Nitroglycerin Transdermal Patch, NCI Thesaurus)
Examples of these include cytidine, uridine, adenosine, guanosine, thymidine, inosine and others.
(Nucleoside, NCI Thesaurus)
The sodium salt form of acyclovir, a synthetic analog of the purine nucleoside, guanosine, with potent antiviral activity against herpes simplex viruses type 1 and 2, varicella-zoster virus and other viruses of the herpesvirus family.
(Acyclovir Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
A DNA/RNA chimera comprised of a single-stranded DNA molecule covalently bound to an internal guanosine of a RNA molecule.
(Multicopy Single-stranded DNA, NCI Thesaurus)
