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T1895

Thymidine

powder, BioReagent, suitable for cell culture

Synonym(s):

1-(2-Deoxy-β-D-ribofuranosyl)-5-methyluracil, 1-(2-Deoxy-β-D-ribofuranosyl)thymine, 2′-Deoxythymidine, Thymine deoxyriboside, dT

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10H14N2O5
CAS Number:
50-89-5
Molecular Weight:
242.23
UNSPSC Code:
12352207
NACRES:
NA.75
PubChem Substance ID:
24899996
EC Number:
200-070-4
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
89285
MDL number:
MFCD00006537
Assay:
≥99%
Biological source:
synthetic (organic)
Form:
powder
Solubility:
water: 50 mg/mL, clear, colorless

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biological source

synthetic (organic)

Quality Level

300

product line

BioReagent

assay

≥99%

form

powder

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable

mp

186-188 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: 50 mg/mL, clear, colorless

SMILES string

CC1=CN([C@H]2C[C@H](O)[C@@H](CO)O2)C(=O)NC1=O

InChI

1S/C10H14N2O5/c1-5-3-12(10(16)11-9(5)15)8-2-6(14)7(4-13)17-8/h3,6-8,13-14H,2,4H2,1H3,(H,11,15,16)/t6-,7+,8+/m0/s1

InChI key

IQFYYKKMVGJFEH-XLPZGREQSA-N

Gene Information

human ... DTYMK(1841)

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General description

Thymidine is also referred to as pyrimidine deoxynucleoside. Deoxythymidine is a nucleoside present in DNA. In a DNA double stranded structure, thymidine pairs with deoxyadeninosine.

Application

Thymidine can be used in HT and HAT cocktails for hybridoma fusion, selection and cloning. It has been used:
  • as a nucleotide source in minimal essential medium to evaluate the outgrowth of the iSCNT-derived blastocysts
  • as a supplement in Dulbecco′s Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) selection medium used for the production of anti-neurogranin (NRGN) antibodies
  • to prepare THMG (thymidine, hypoxanthine, glycine, methotrexate) and THG stock solution for cleansing mouse lymphoma cells

Biochem/physiol Actions

Thymidine is useful in cell synchronization during S-phase. In the salvage pathway of pyrimidines, pyrimidine phosphorylase reversibly converts thymine to thymidine.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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Journal of medicinal chemistry, 51(21), 6689-6698 (2008-10-08)
Human cytosolic thymidine kinase (hTK1) has proven to be a suitable target for noninvasive imaging of cancer cell proliferation using radiolabeled substrates such as [ (18)F]fluorothymidine ([ (18)F]FLT). However, a thymidine tracer useful for single photon emission tomography (SPECT) based
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SKUGTIN
T1895-5G04061837338366
T1895-10G04061837338342
T1895-1G04061835569564
T1895-25G04061837338359

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