5-Hydroxymethylcytosine is a predominantly stable DNA modification

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1049-1055

  Bachman, Martin ^a   Uribe Lewis, Santiago ^a   Yang, Xiaoping ^a   Williams, Michael ^a   Murrell, Adele ^a,b   Balasubramanian, Shankar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5-HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; DNA;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DNA METHYLATION; HCT116 CELL LINE; HUMAN; MCF 7 CELL LINE; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; HCT116 CELLS; HUMANS; MCF-7 CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 84911493925     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2064     Document Type: Article

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