5-Methyluridine triphosphate or m5UTP is one of five nucleoside triphosphates.[1] It is the ribonucleoside triphosphate of thymidine, but the nomenclature with "5-methyluridine" is used because the term thymidine triphosphate is used for the deoxyribonucleoside by convention.[2]
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