title: Site-specific transition of cytosine to uracil via reversible DNA photoligation.
abstract: We report that deamination coupled with 5-carboxyvinyldeoxyuridine-mediated photobranching causes the heat-induced transition of cytosine to uracil with high efficiency without any side reaction.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan. kenzo@jaist.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kenzo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Yoshinaga
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003596:Cytosine / Q000737:chemistry*; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D010777:Photochemistry; D014498:Uracil / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014498:Uracil; D003596:Cytosine; D004247:DNA