Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process
chromosomal 5-methylcytosine DNA demethylation pathway
- Term ID
- GO:0141166
- Synonyms
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- epigenetic 5-methylcytosine DNA demethylation
- epigenetic 5-methylcytosine DNA demethylation pathway
- epigenetic DNA demethylation
- Definition
- A process that chemically modifies 5-methylcytosine (5meC) to make it a substrate for the base excision repair pathway, which then restores the unmodified cytosine. (3)
- References
- Ontology
- GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO
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