"Uridine Kinase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of uridine and cytidine to uridine 5'-phosphate and cytidine 5'-phosphate, respectively. ATP, dUTP, dGTP, and dATP are effective phosphate donors. EC 2.7.1.48.
| Descriptor ID |
D014541
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.696.620.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Uridine Kinase- Uridine Kinase
- Kinase, Uridine
- Uridine-Cytidine Kinase
- Kinase, Uridine-Cytidine
- Uridine Cytidine Kinase
- Cytidine Kinase
- Kinase, Cytidine
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Uridine Kinase" by people in Profiles.
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Testicular germ cell tumor susceptibility associated with the UCK2 locus on chromosome 1q23. Hum Mol Genet. 2013 Jul 01; 22(13):2748-53.
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Mechanism of resistance to cyclopentenyl cytosine (CPE-C) in Molt-4 lymphoblasts. Biochem Pharmacol. 1993 Apr 06; 45(7):1493-501.
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Uridine kinase activities in normal and neoplastic lymphoid cells. Cancer Res. 1977 Apr; 37(4):1028-34.