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Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

An international journal for the quickest publication of high-quality research covering the breadth of synthetic, physical and biomolecular organic chemistry.




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5-Methylcytosine was distinguished from cytosine using the large difference of their osmium oxidation rates, and this reaction was applied to detection of the cytosine methylation status at a specific site of DNA. 

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Sequence-selective osmium oxidation of DNA: efficient distinction between 5-methylcytosine and cytosine
Akimitsu Okamoto, Kazuki Tainaka and Taku Kamei, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2006, 4, 1638
DOI: 10.1039/b600401f
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