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Common card · Science
Bromodeoxyuridine, a Common card
Bromodeoxyuridine is a synthetic nucleoside analogue with a chemical structure similar to thymidine.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 25
- Power
- 82
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,900
Power 82 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Bromodeoxyuridine quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bromodeoxyuridine card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
During the S phase of the cell cycle, BrdU can be incorporated in place of ______ in newly synthesized DNA molecules of dividing cells.
Answer
thymidine. During the S phase of the cell cycle, BrdU can be incorporated in place of thymidine in newly synthesized DNA molecules of dividing cells. From the Bromodeoxyuridine article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bromodeoxyuridine. Bromodeoxyuridine 57 · Alibre Design 53 · Office of Remigration 50 · Ventral posterolateral nucleus 45 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- BrdU is commonly used to study cell proliferation in living tissues and has been studied as a radiosensitizer and diagnostic tool in people with cancer.
- During the S phase of the cell cycle, BrdU can be incorporated in place of thymidine in newly synthesized DNA molecules of dividing cells.
- Cells that have recently performed DNA replication or DNA repair can be detected with antibodies specific for BrdU using techniques such as immunohistochemistry or immunofluorescence.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bromodeoxyuridine article was read about 4,900 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 25: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Bromodeoxyuridine
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bromodeoxyuridine (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Fvasconcellos 03:19, 13 May 2007 (UTC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
