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Kinase Cells Acyclovir  Moa Guanosine Analog Nucleoside Base

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Guanosine analog (nucleoside + base + sugar) 
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Thymidine kinase 
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GTP (Nucleotide)

Note: ONLY cells infected with HSV have kinase and will activate the drug (human cells do NOT have kinase)


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