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[Genome loses all 5-methylcytosine a life span. How is this connected with accumulation of mutations during aging?].
Molekuliarnaia biologiia - 1 Jan 2000
Mazin A L
Abstract excerpt
The 5-methylcytosine (5mC) content in liver DNA has been determined for rats of different age. The rate of the 5mC loss from DNA is maximal in pre- and neonatal rats, 1.28% of reduction of the 5mC content per day, then it decreases to 0.33% and becomes minimal and constant in adult rats, 0.028% per day. During pregnancy and the first 15 days of postnatal development rat genome loses 49% of all 5mC. Within the...
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