title: Comparative study of DNA methylation in three unicellular eucaryotes.
abstract: We have analyzed the nature/content of methylated bases in the nuclear DNA of three unicellular eucaryotes. The pattern of methylation was different for each of the three organisms studied: Saccharomyces cerevisiae contained only 5-methylcytosine; Tetrahymena pyriformis contained only N6-methyladenine; and Chlamydomonas reinhardi contained both modified bases.
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002696:Chlamydomonas / Q000032:analysis*; D003596:Cytosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D008745:Methylation; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000032:analysis*; D013769:Tetrahymena pyriformis / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000225:Adenine; D003596:Cytosine; D004247:DNA; C000730567:6-methyladenine