Expanding the DNA alphabet: 'Extra' DNA base found to be stable in mammals

Monday, June 22, 2015 - 10:30 in Biology & Nature

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Babraham Institute have found that a naturally occurring modified DNA base appears to be stably incorporated in the DNA of many mammalian tissues, possibly representing an expansion of the functional DNA alphabet.

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