Nucleotide analogue, essential for cell growth in certain bacterial species. This compound is also able to chelate with certain metal ions, and in tRNA it can act as a built-in antiphotomutagenic agent that protects Escherichia coli cells against mutagenesis.
Catalogue number:
021799
Size:
100mg
Alternative names:
Thiouridine; NSC 518132;
References:
Caldeira de Araujo, A., et al.: Embo J., 5, 175 (1986), Mishima, Y., et al.: Embo J., 14, 2679 (1995),