3 Cytosine methylation occurs when a methyl group binds to the fifth carbon of a cytosine to form 5-methylcytosine (5mC). Researchers cannot detect 5mC with traditional molecular techniques such as ...

Cytosine can undergo chemical modifications that play crucial roles in gene regulation and epigenetics. The most common modification is the addition of a methyl group to carbon 5, forming ...

B) DNA methylation involves conversion of unmethylated cytosine to 5-methyl-cytosine (5mC). A proposed method for DNA demethylation involves sequential oxidation and deamination of 5mC, followed by ...