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Cytidine Triphosphate Synthetase Inhibitor
Any substance that inhibits cytidine triphosphate synthetase, an enzyme that catalyses the rate-limiting step in the synthesis of CTP. Inhibition of cytidine triphosphate synthetase interferes with DNA, RNA, and CTP biosynthesis and can cause cell cycle arrest. (NCI Thesaurus)
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