cytosine biosynthetic process (Q15538)
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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of 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.
- cytosine synthesis
- cytosine formation
- GO:0046089
- cytosine anabolism
- cytosine biosynthesis
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| English | cytosine biosynthetic process |
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of 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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