thymidineless
adjEtymology From thymidine + -less.
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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Lacking thymidine.
- DNA synthesis decreases due to lack of thymidine, leading to imbalanced cell growth and “thymidine-less death” of rapidly dividing cells.2015, Kourtney LaPlant, Paige Louzon, “Anticancer Drugs”, in Karen Whalen, Richard Finkel, Thomas A. Panavelil, editors, Lippincott Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology, 6th edition, Wolters Kluwer, →ISBN, page 596:
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