NCIt definition : A synthetic, acyclic, monophosphate nucleotide analog of deoxycytidine with antiviral
activity, and mostly used against cytomegalovirus (CMV). After incorporation into
the host cell, cidofovir is phosphorylated by pyruvate kinases to its active metabolite
cidofovir diphosphate. Cidofovir diphosphate, bearing structural similarity to nucleotides,
competes with deoxycytosine-5-triphosphate (dCTP) for viral DNA polymerase and gets
incorporated into the growing viral DNA strands. As a result, it prevents further
DNA polymerization and disrupts DNA replication of viruses.;
Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A drug used to treat infection caused by viruses.;
UNII : JIL713Q00N;
InChIKey : FPKARFMSZDBYQF-ILKKLZGPSA-N;
CAS number : 149394-66-1; a href https://gsrs.ncats.nih.gov/ginas/app/beta/browse-substance?search 149394-66-1
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