cytosine metabolic process

I. Literature review

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Namecytosine metabolic process
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Biological process

Exact synonym

cytosine metabolism

Description

The chemical reactions and pathways involving cytosine, 4-amino-2-hydroxypyrimidine, a pyrimidine derivative that is one of the five main bases found in nucleic acids; it occurs widely in cytidine derivatives.

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