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Cytosine vs Methylcytosine - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between cytosine and methylcytosine

is that cytosine is (biochemistry) a base, c4h5n3o, which pairs with guanine in dna and rna while methylcytosine is (organic chemistry) any methyl derivative of cytosine, but especially 5-methylcytosine formed by methylation of dna.

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