"Cytosine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A pyrimidine base that is a fundamental unit of nucleic acids.
| Descriptor ID |
D003596
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.742.698.421
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cytosine" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cytosine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2015 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cytosine" by people in Profiles.
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Quantitative CRACI reveals transcriptome-wide distribution of RNA dihydrouridine at base resolution. Nat Commun. 2025 Oct 06; 16(1):8863.
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High-precision cytosine base editors by evolving nucleic-acid-recognition hotspots in deaminase. Nat Biotechnol. 2026 Apr; 44(4):587-601.
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Charting the development and engineering of CRISPR base editors: lessons and inspirations. Cell Chem Biol. 2025 06 19; 32(6):789-808.
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Mpox Clinical Presentation, Diagnostic Approaches, and Treatment Strategies: A Review. JAMA. 2024 11 19; 332(19):1652-1662.
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A randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation phase I/II multicenter trial of low-dose cidofovir for BK polyomavirus nephropathy. Transpl Infect Dis. 2024 Dec; 26(6):e14367.
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PETCH-DB: a Portal for Exploring Tissue-specific and Complex disease-associated 5-Hydroxymethylcytosines. Database (Oxford). 2023 06 10; 2023.
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PETCH-DB: a Portal for Exploring Tissue-specific and Complex disease-associated 5-Hydroxymethylcytosines. Database (Oxford). 2023 06 10; 2023.
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The landscape of Chlamydomonas histone H3 lysine 4 methylation reveals both constant features and dynamic changes during the diurnal cycle. Plant J. 2022 10; 112(2):352-368.
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PU.1-Dependent Enhancer Inhibition Separates Tet2-Deficient Hematopoiesis from Malignant Transformation. Blood Cancer Discov. 2022 09 06; 3(5):444-467.
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Topical cidofovir for benign human papillomavirus-associated skin lesions. Antivir Ther. 2021 11; 26(6-8):141-146.