Expanding the epigenetic landscape: Novel modifications of cytosine in genomic dna

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Kriaucionis, Skirmantas ^a   Tahiliani, Mamta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5-HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; DNA;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

CYTOSINE; DNA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; MODELS, GENETIC; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84905489024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a018630     Document Type: Article

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