Occurrence of 5-methylcytosine in nucleic acids.
1950
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D009696
Nucleic Acids
High molecular weight polymers containing a mixture of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides chained together by ribose or deoxyribose linkages.
Nucleic Acid,Acid, Nucleic,Acids, Nucleic
D044503
5-Methylcytosine
A methylated nucleotide base found in eukaryotic DNA. In ANIMALS, the DNA METHYLATION of CYTOSINE to form 5-methylcytosine is found primarily in the palindromic sequence CpG. In PLANTS, the methylated sequence is CpNpGp, where N can be any base.