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Methyltransferase specificity - (Aug/12/2008 )

does methyltransferases which are dedicated to cytosyl of DNA, target other cytosyls or even CTP or cCMP itself?

-The Bearer-

QUOTE (The Bearer @ Aug 12 2008, 03:39 PM)
does methyltransferases which are dedicated to cytosyl of DNA, target other cytosyls or even CTP or cCMP itself?


I'm pretty confident that they only target bases inside of a polymerized context. not individual nucleotides, nucleosides, or clyclic-monophosphates.

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