bromodeoxyuridine

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  • BrdU
German: Bromdesoxyuridin
Japanese: ブロモデオキシウリジン

Biochemistry. A nucleoside that substitutes for thymidine in DNA and thus acts as an antimetabolite. It causes breaks in chromosomes. In molecularbiological experiments bromodeoxyuridine is used for in vivo labeling of proliferating cells.

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