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Very short patch repair: reducing the cost of cytosine methylation.

Molecular microbiology - 1 May 1996

Lieb M, Bhagwat A S

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In Escherichia coli and related bacteria, the product of gene dcm methylates the second cytosine of 5'-CCWGG sequences (where W is A or T). Deamination of 5-methylcytosine (5meC) results in C to T mutations. The mutagenic potential of 5meC is reduced by a system called very short patch (VSP) repair, which replaces T with C. T:G and U:G mispairs in the methylatable sequence and in related sequences are recognized...

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PMID: 8736526
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.5291066.x

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