5-methylcytosine

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000007",
  "term": "5-methylcytosine",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "5-methylcytosine monohydrochloride"
  ],
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "cytosine",
    "DNA methylation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "5-metilcitosina"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/5-methylcytosine/"
}