Cytidine has been used as a non-essential aminoacid component of minimal essential medium (MEM) to analyse interspecies somatic cell nucleus transfer (iSCNT)-derived blastocysts. It has also been used as a supplement in the culture medium of HeLa cells, to study the effects of cytidine addition on rods and rings (RR) induced by glutamine deprivation.
Cytidine has been used as a component to prepare ribonucleoside stock solution to assess its effects onthe anaerobic growth of severalBacillus mojavensisstrains.
General description
Cytidine is a nucleoside molecule. It is formed when cytosine is attached to aribosering through a ?-N1-glycosidic bond.