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Comparative Study
. 1991 Jul 1;277 ( Pt 1)(Pt 1):273-5.
doi: 10.1042/bj2770273.

Lack of 5-methylcytosine in Dictyostelium discoideum DNA

S S Smith  1 , D I Ratner
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Comparative Study

Lack of 5-methylcytosine in Dictyostelium discoideum DNA

S S Smith et al. Biochem J. .

Abstract

We find no evidence for the presence of 5-methylcytosine in the DNA of Dictyostelium discoideum. Methylation was absent from CCGG sites in repetitive DNA and in DNA from the actin multigene family. Nor was 5-methylcytosine detected in total DNA when base composition was determined by means of h.p.l.c.

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