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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.


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
