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Nucleoside analogue

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Nucleoside analogues are nucleosides which contain a nucleic acid analogue and a sugar. [1]

51 relations: Abacavir, Aciclovir, Adenosine, Antimetabolite, Antiplatelet drug, BCX4430, Cancer, Cangrelor, Chemotherapy, Cytarabine, Deoxyadenosine, Deoxycytidine, Deoxyguanosine, Deoxyuridine, Didanosine, DNA, DNA polymerase, DNA replication, Emtricitabine, Entecavir, Famciclovir, Fluorouracil, Gemcitabine, Guanosine, Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus, Herpes simplex, Herpes simplex virus, HIV, Idoxuridine, Lamivudine, Nucleic acid analogue, Nucleoside, Nucleoside analogue, Nucleotide, Penciclovir, Pentose, Phosphate, Phosphorylation, Reverse transcriptase, Stavudine, Telbivudine, Thymidine, Thymidine kinase from herpesvirus, Ticagrelor, Trifluridine, Valaciclovir, Vidarabine, Virus, Zalcitabine, ..., Zidovudine. Expand index (1 more) »

Abacavir

Abacavir (ABC) is a medication used to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS.

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Aciclovir

Aciclovir (ACV), also known as acyclovir, is an antiviral medication.

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Adenosine

Adenosine is both a chemical found in many living systems and a medication.

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Antimetabolite

An antimetabolite is a chemical that inhibits the use of a metabolite, which is another chemical that is part of normal metabolism.

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Antiplatelet drug

An antiplatelet drug (antiaggregant) is a member of a class of pharmaceuticals that decrease platelet aggregation and inhibit thrombus formation.

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BCX4430

BCX4430 (Immucillin-A) is an antiviral drug, an adenosine analog (a type of nucleoside analog).

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Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

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Cangrelor

Cangrelor (trade name Kengreal in the US and Kengrexal in Europe) is a P2Y12 inhibitor FDA approved as of June 2015 as an antiplatelet drug for intravenous application.

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Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy (often abbreviated to chemo and sometimes CTX or CTx) is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen.

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Cytarabine

Cytarabine, also known as cytosine arabinoside (ara-C), is a chemotherapy medication used to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML), acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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Deoxyadenosine

Deoxyadenosine (symbol dA or dAdo) is a deoxyribonucleoside.

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Deoxycytidine

Deoxycytidine is a deoxyribonucleoside, a component of deoxyribonucleic acid.

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Deoxyguanosine

Deoxyguanosine is composed of the purine nucleobase guanine linked by its N9 nitrogen to the C1 carbon of deoxyribose.

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Deoxyuridine

Deoxyuridine (dU) is a compound and a nucleoside.

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Didanosine

Didanosine (ddI, DDI), marketed under the trade names Videx, is a medication used to treat HIV/AIDS.

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DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a thread-like chain of nucleotides carrying the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses.

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DNA polymerase

DNA polymerases are enzymes that synthesize DNA molecules from deoxyribonucleotides, the building blocks of DNA.

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DNA replication

In molecular biology, DNA replication is the biological process of producing two identical replicas of DNA from one original DNA molecule.

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Emtricitabine

Emtricitabine (commonly called FTC, systematic name 2',3'-dideoxy-5-fluoro-3'-thiacytidine), with trade name Emtriva (formerly Coviracil), is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) for the prevention and treatment of HIV infection in adults and children.

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Entecavir

Entecavir (ETV), sold under the brand name Baraclude, is an antiviral medication used in the treatment of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.

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Famciclovir

Famciclovir is a guanosine analogue antiviral drug used for the treatment of various herpesvirus infections, most commonly for herpes zoster (shingles).

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Fluorouracil

Fluorouracil (5-FU), sold under the brand name Adrucil among others, is a medication used to treat cancer.

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Gemcitabine

Gemcitabine, sold under the brand name Gemzar, among others, is a chemotherapy medication used to treat a number of types of cancer.

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Guanosine

Guanosine is a purine nucleoside comprising guanine attached to a ribose (ribofuranose) ring via a β-N9-glycosidic bond.

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Hepatitis B virus

Hepatitis B virus, abbreviated HBV, is a double stranded DNA virus, a species of the genus Orthohepadnavirus, and a member of the Hepadnaviridae family of viruses.

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Hepatitis C virus

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a small (55–65 nm in size), enveloped, positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae.

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Herpes simplex

Herpes simplex is a viral disease caused by the herpes simplex virus.

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Herpes simplex virus

Herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2), also known as human herpesvirus 1 and 2 (HHV-1 and HHV-2), are two members of the herpesvirus family, Herpesviridae, that infect humans.

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HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that causes HIV infection and over time acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

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Idoxuridine

Idoxuridine is an anti-herpesvirus antiviral drug.

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Lamivudine

Lamivudine, commonly called 3TC, is an antiretroviral medication used to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS.

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Nucleic acid analogue

Nucleic acid analogues are compounds which are analogous (structurally similar) to naturally occurring RNA and DNA, used in medicine and in molecular biology research.

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Nucleoside

Nucleosides are glycosylamines that can be thought of as nucleotides without a phosphate group.

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Nucleoside analogue

Nucleoside analogues are nucleosides which contain a nucleic acid analogue and a sugar.

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Nucleotide

Nucleotides are organic molecules that serve as the monomer units for forming the nucleic acid polymers deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), both of which are essential biomolecules within all life-forms on Earth.

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Penciclovir

Penciclovir is a guanosine analogue antiviral drug used for the treatment of various herpesvirus infections.

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Pentose

A pentose is a monosaccharide with five carbon atoms.

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Phosphate

A phosphate is chemical derivative of phosphoric acid.

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Phosphorylation

In chemistry, phosphorylation of a molecule is the attachment of a phosphoryl group.

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Reverse transcriptase

A reverse transcriptase (RT) is an enzyme used to generate complementary DNA (cDNA) from an RNA template, a process termed reverse transcription.

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Stavudine

Stavudine (d4T), sold under the brand name Zerit among others, is an antiretroviral medication used to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS.

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Telbivudine

Telbivudine is an antiviral drug used in the treatment of hepatitis B infection.

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Thymidine

Thymidine (deoxythymidine; other names deoxyribosylthymine, thymine deoxyriboside) is a pyrimidine deoxynucleoside.

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Thymidine kinase from herpesvirus

Thymidine kinase from herpesvirus is a sub-family of thymidine kinases.

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Ticagrelor

Ticagrelor (trade name Brilinta, Brilique, and Possia) is a platelet aggregation inhibitor produced by AstraZeneca.

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Trifluridine

Trifluridine (also called trifluorothymidine or TFT) is an anti-herpesvirus antiviral drug, used primarily on the eye.

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Valaciclovir

Valaciclovir, also spelled valacyclovir, is an antiviral drug used in the management of herpes simplex, herpes zoster (shingles), and herpes B. It is a prodrug, being converted in vivo to aciclovir.

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Vidarabine

Vidarabine or 9-β-D-arabinofuranosyladenine (ara-A) is an antiviral drug which is active against herpes simplex and varicella zoster viruses.

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Virus

A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms.

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Zalcitabine

Zalcitabine (2′-3′-dideoxycytidine, ddC), also called dideoxycytidine, is a nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) sold under the trade name Hivid.

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Zidovudine

Zidovudine (ZDV), also known as azidothymidine (AZT), is an antiretroviral medication used to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleoside_analogue

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