Synonyms: dideoxycytidine (DDC) | Hivid® | Ro-242027000/Ro-24-2027-000
zalcitabine is an approved drug (FDA (1992))
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: zalcitabine is a nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) antiretroviral drug. Chemically it is an is an analogue of pyrimidine and is a derivative of endogenous deoxycytidine.
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Functional characterization of novel human and mouse equilibrative nucleoside transporters (hENT3 and mENT3) located in intracellular membranes. J Biol Chem, 280 (16): 15880-7. [PMID:15701636] |