Variable presence of 5-methylcytosine in commercial RNA and DNA

RNA Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1152-1158

  Schmid, Katharina ^a   Thüring, Kathrin ^a   Keller, Patrick ^a   Ochel, Antonia ^a   Kellner, Stefanie ^a,b   Helm, Mark ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA modification; Mass spectrometry; Methylcytosine; Modified nucleoside; RNA modification

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RNA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84954534977     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2015.1076612     Document Type: Article

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