Spontaneous deamination of cytosine and 5-methylcytosine residues in DNA and replacement of 5-methylcytosine residues with cytosine residues

Mutat Res. 1990 May;238(3):277-86. doi: 10.1016/0165-1110(90)90019-8.

Authors

M Ehrlich¹, X Y Zhang, N M Inamdar

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biochemistry, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, LA 70112.

PMID: 2188124
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1110(90)90019-8

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

5-Methylcytosine
Animals
Base Sequence
Cytosine / analogs & derivatives*
Cytosine / metabolism*
DNA / metabolism*
DNA Repair
Deamination
Humans
Methylation

Substances

5-Methylcytosine
Cytosine
DNA