bromodeoxyuridine
noun
bro·mo·de·oxy·ur·i·dine
ˌbrō-mō-ˌdē-ˌäk-sē-ˈyu̇r-ə-ˌdēn, -dən
variants
or 5-bromodeoxyuridine
: a mutagenic analog C9H11O5NBr of thymidine that induces chromosomal breakage especially in heterochromatic regions and has been used to selectively destroy actively dividing cells
—abbreviation BUdR
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