Preferred Name

5-Methylcytosine [Chemical/Ingredient]

Synonyms

5-Methylcytosine

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000167184

altLabel

5-Methylcytosine

cui

C0049308

MESH DEFINITION

A methylated nucleotide base found in eukaryotic DNA. In ANIMALS, the DNA METHYLATION of CYTOSINE to form 5-methylcytosine is found primarily in the palindromic sequence CpG. In PLANTS, the methylated sequence is CpNpGp, where N can be any base.

MESH DUI

D044503

MeSH name

5-Methylcytosine

MESH UI

M0046609

NDFRT kind

INGREDIENT_KIND

notation

N0000167184

NUI

N0000167184

prefLabel

5-Methylcytosine [Chemical/Ingredient]

tui

T123

T114

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000007932

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