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New functions for DNA modifications by TET-JBP

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TET and JBP proteins catalyze the oxidation of methylated C bases in the mammalian genome and of the methyl group of T bases in kinetoplastid genomes, respectively. A recent study in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology suggests a new function of 5-methylcytosine oxidation in regulating RNA polymerase II elongation rate that is reminiscent of that of base J in transcription termination in Leishmania.

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Figure 2: The experimental setup used by Kellinger et al.8
Figure 3: Possible functions of 5fC and 5caC in transcription regulation.

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