JOURNAL ARTICLE

Sensitive and label-free discrimination of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine and 5-methylcytosine in DNA by ligation-mediated rolling circle amplification

Ziyue WangMeng WangYan ZhangChun‐yang Zhang

Year: 2018 Journal:   Chemical Communications Vol: 54 (62)Pages: 8602-8605   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

We develop a label-free fluorescence method for sensitive discrimination of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) and 5-methylcytosine (5mC) by ligation-mediated rolling circle amplification.

Keywords:
5-Hydroxymethylcytosine 5-Methylcytosine DNA Rolling circle replication Ligation Chemistry Biology Molecular biology DNA methylation Biochemistry DNA polymerase Gene

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Topics

DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
Life Sciences →  Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology →  Molecular Biology
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Life Sciences →  Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology →  Molecular Biology
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
Life Sciences →  Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology →  Molecular Biology
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