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SUBMITTER: Song CX
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3657391 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Song Chun-Xiao CX Szulwach Keith E KE Dai Qing Q Fu Ye Y Mao Shi-Qing SQ Lin Li L Street Craig C Li Yujing Y Poidevin Mickael M Wu Hao H Gao Juan J Liu Peng P Li Lin L Xu Guo-Liang GL Jin Peng P He Chuan C
Cell 20130418 3
TET proteins oxidize 5-methylcytosine (5mC) to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), 5-formylcytosine (5fC), and 5-carboxylcytosine (5caC). 5fC and 5caC are excised by mammalian DNA glycosylase TDG, implicating 5mC oxidation in DNA demethylation. Here, we show that the genomic locations of 5fC can be determined by coupling chemical reduction with biotin tagging. Genome-wide mapping of 5fC in mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) reveals that 5fC preferentially occurs at poised enhancers among other gene ...[more]