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Detection of Post-translational Modifications on Native Intact Nucleosomes by ELISA
Published on: April 26, 2011
Identification of epigenetic DNA modifications with a protein nanopore
Emma V B Wallace1, David Stoddart, Andrew J Heron
1Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, Mansfield Road, Oxford, UK OX1 3TA.
Abstract:
Two DNA bases, 5-methylcytosine (5mC) and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (hmC), marks of epigenetic modification, are recognized in immobilized DNA strands and distinguished from G, A, T and C by nanopore current recording. Therefore, if further aspects of nanopore sequencing can be addressed, the approach will provide a means to locate epigenetic modifications in unamplified genomic DNA.

