• Excision of the doubly methylated base N4,5-dimethylcytosine from DNA by Escherichia coli Nei and Fpg proteins 

      Alexeeva, Marina; Guragain, Prashanna; Tesfahun, Almaz Nigatu; Tomkuvienė, Miglė; Arshad, Aysha; Gerasimaitė, Rūta; Rukšėnaitė, Audronė; Urbanavičiūtė, Giedrė; Bjørås, Magnar; Lærdahl, Jon Kristen; Klungland, Arne; Klimašauskas, Saulius; Bjelland, Svein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Cytosine (C) in DNA is often modified to 5-methylcytosine (m5C) to execute important cellular functions. Despite the significance of m5C for epigenetic regulation in mammals, damage to m5C has received little attention. ...