5-Methyluridine Triphosphate

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