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Sequence-selective 5-methylcytosine oxidation for epigenotyping.
Nucleic acids symposium series (2004) - 1 Jan 2005
Okamoto Akimitsu, Tainaka Kazuki
Abstract excerpt
Methylation of DNA is an epigenetic modification that can play an important role in the control of gene expression in mammalian cells. The development of a simple and convenient method for site-specific discrimination of cytosine methylation is imperative for genomic studies. Here we report a facile method for distinguishing between cytosine and 5-methylcytosine. Osmium tetroxide caused the dihydroxylation of the...
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