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- noun Plural form of
uracil .
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While much is unknown about AID's function, the current consensus is that AID deaminates cytosine nucleotides, converting them into uracils within the antibody genes.
3 recent reports use evolution to study mechanisms of antibody diversification - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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In a putative model of somatic hypermutation, AID binds to the VDJ exon of the antibody and converts random cytosines to uracils represented by asterisks.
3 recent reports use evolution to study mechanisms of antibody diversification - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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In class switch recombination CSR, AID targets the switch regions and converts cytosines to uracils there.
3 recent reports use evolution to study mechanisms of antibody diversification - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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This procedure integrated the DNA denaturation and bisulfite conversion into one-step, using temperature denaturation to replace chemical denaturation with sodium hydroxide, and it was based on a three-step reaction process between cytosine and sodium bisulfite that converts unmethylated cytosines into uracils.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Victoria Gonzalo et al. 2010
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Dihydrouridine synthases (DUSs) are flavin-dependent enzymes that catalyze site-specific reduction of uracils in tRNAs.
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[27] In contrast, following synthesis of certain RNA molecules, many uracils are converted to thymines.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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[27] In contrast, following synthesis of certain RNA molecules, many uracils are converted to thymines.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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This automatically converted unmethylated cytosines (one of the bases of DNA) to uracils (one of the bases of ribonucleic acid or RNA, which works with DNA to synthesize proteins), while leaving the methylated cytosines untouched.
innovations-report 2008
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