Base J: Discovery, Biosynthesis, and Possible Functions
- 1 October 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Annual Reviews in Annual Review of Microbiology
- Vol. 62 (1) , 235-251
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.micro.62.081307.162750
Abstract
In 1993, a new base, β-d-glucopyranosyloxymethyluracil (base J), was identified in the nuclear DNA of Trypanosoma brucei. Base J is the first hypermodified base found in eukaryotic DNA. It is prese...Keywords
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