Mutagenic and cytotoxic properties of oxidation products of 5-methylcytosine revealed by next-generation sequencing.

5-methylcytosine (5-mC) can be sequentially oxidized to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5-hmC), 5-formylcytosine (5-foC), and finally to 5-carboxylcytosine (5-caC), which is thought to function in active DNA cytosine demethylation in mammals. Although the roles of 5-mC in epigenetic regulation of gene expr...

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Main Authors: Xi-Wen Xing, Yu-Li Liu, Mario Vargas, Yinsheng Wang, Yu-Qi Feng, Xiang Zhou, Bi-Feng Yuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24066027/?tool=EBI