5-formylcytosine alters the structure of the DNA double helix

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-49

  Raiber, Eun Ang ^a   Murat, Pierre ^a   Chirgadze, Dimitri Y ^a   Beraldi, Dario ^b   Luisi, Ben F ^a   Balasubramanian, Shankar ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CANCER RESEARCH UK CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 FORMYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; THYMINE DNA GLYCOSYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5-FORMYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEMETHYLATION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXCISION REPAIR; FORMYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GENOMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

MAMMALIA;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOSINE; DNA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 84922598841     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2936     Document Type: Article

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