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Selective oxidation of 5-methylcytosine by TET-family proteins
United States Patent
10,731,204 | |
August 4, 2020 | |
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The present invention provides for novel methods for regulating and detecting the cytosine methylation status of DNA. The invention is based upon identification of a novel and surprising catalytic activity for the family of TET proteins, namely TET1, TET2, TET3, and CXXC4. The novel activity is related to the enzymes being capable of converting the cytosine nucleotide 5-methylcytosine into 5-hydroxymethylcytosine by hydroxylation. | |
15/ 725,917 | |
October 5, 2017 | |
1/1 | |
C12Q 1/6827 (20180101)C12Q 1/6869 (20180101)C12Q 1/6806 (20180101)G01N 33/53 (20060101)C12Q 1/26 (20060101) | |
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT This invention was made with government support under grant numbers AI044432 HL089150 awarded by The National Institutes of Health. The government has certain rights in the invention. |