Monday, November 7, 2011

The Curious Chemical Biology of Cytosine: Deamination, Methylation,and Oxidation as Modulators of Genomic Potential

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This paper from ACS Chemical Biology describes the many roles that cytosine modification has for biological function. The cytosine "wild card" terminology comes from the different potential of each state of cytosine, suggesting it has a much larger role in genetic regulation than purely being a coding base. Anyone interested in DNA/RNA modifications should take a look a this review, as it encompasses a diverse set of cytosine chemical alterations.

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