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Lack of 5-methylcytosine in Dictyostelium discoideum DNA.

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.

SUBMITTER: Smith SS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1151219 | biostudies-other | 1991 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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