Clinical Significance
As an anti-cancer chemotherapy target, thymidylate synthetase can be inhibited by the thymidylate synthase inhibitors such as fluorinated pyrimidine fluorouracil, or certain folate analogues, the most notable one being raltitrexed (trade name Tomudex).
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