5-Hydroxymethylcytosine: A stable or transient DNA modification?

Genomics

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 314-323

  Hahn, Maria A ^a   Szabó, Piroska E ^a   Pfeifer, Gerd P ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxymethylcytosine; 5 Methylcytosine; DNA methylation

Indexed keywords

5 CARBOXYLCYTOSINE; 5 FORMYLCYTOSINE; 5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE OXIDASE; DNA BASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5-CARBOXYLCYTOSINE; 5-FORMYLCYTOSINE; 5-HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DEMETHYLATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPLICATION; EPIGENETICS; EXCISION REPAIR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; METABOLISM;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS;

EID: 84927696607     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: 10898646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2014.08.015     Document Type: Article

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