A little tag with a large effect: How the epigenetic marker 5-hydroxymethylcytosine is interpreted by neural cells
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 09:30
in Biology & Nature
Scientists report that the marker 5hmC has an effect on gene expression opposite to that of 5mC. Since changes in the distribution of 5hmC are known to take place in a broad range of tumor cells, these findings could prove to be of great value to cancer research.