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5-Ethynyl-2´-deoxyuridine (EdU) is a novel thymidine analogue which is incorporated into the DNA of dividing cells and isused to assay DNA synthesis in cell culture. At high doses it can be cytotoxic.

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IUPAC name
5-Ethynyl-1-[(2R4S5R)-4-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]pyrimidine-24-dione

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