5-Formylcytosine alters the structure of the DNA double helix

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Eun-Ang Raiber
Pierre Murat
Dimitri Y Chirgadze
Dario Beraldi
Ben F Luisi
Shankar Balasubramanian
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[1] University of Cambridge,Department of Chemistry
[2] University of Cambridge,Department of Biochemistry
[3] Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute,undefined
[4] Li Ka Shing Centre,undefined
[5] School of Clinical Medicine,undefined
[6] University of Cambridge,undefined
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Nature Structural & Molecular Biology | 2015年 / 22卷
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5-Formylcytosine (5fC) is implicated in active DNA demethylation and has been proposed to act as an epigenetic signal. Balasubramanian and colleagues now report that this base modification imparts a unique, previously undescribed conformation to DNA.
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