Abstract
Plant DNA is distinguished from the deoxyribonucleic acid of all other eukaryotic organisms by its substantial amount of the modified base, 5-methylcytosine (mCyt). mCyt is not detectable in most fungi and in invertebrates, it constitutes only up to 1% of the bases in vertebrate DNA, but it contributes 5–8 mol% of the total base composition in average plant DNA. Thus, one fifth to one third (20–35%) of the cytosine residues are modified in all plants, and nearly all cytosines are replaced by the methylated analog in some special plant DNA fractions.
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Follmann, H., Schleicher, R., Balzer, J. (1988). DNA Methylation and DNA Methyltransferase in Wheat. In: Zelinka, J., Balan, J. (eds) Metabolism and Enzymology of Nucleic Acids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0749-5_1
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