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SUBMITTER: Szwagierczak A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2965258 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Szwagierczak Aleksandra A Bultmann Sebastian S Schmidt Christine S CS Spada Fabio F Leonhardt Heinrich H
Nucleic acids research 20100804 19
The recent discovery of genomic 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (hmC) and mutations affecting the respective Tet hydroxylases in leukemia raises fundamental questions about this epigenetic modification. We present a sensitive method for fast quantification of genomic hmC based on specific transfer of radiolabeled glucose to hmC by a purified glucosyltransferase. We determined hmC levels in various adult tissues and differentiating embryonic stem cells and show a correlation with differential expression ...[more]