Sheep Anti- 5 Methylcytosine preservative free

Sheep Anti 5-Methylcytosine (5-MeC) recognizes the methylated form of cytosine (C), an epigenetic modification catalyzed by DNA methyltransferases resulting in the attachment of a methyl group to carbon 5. This modification alters the structure of cytosine but not its base-pairing properties. The timing and function of cytosine methylation varies amongst species with roles in such processing events as transcription and recombination. For example, in mammals, methylation occuring during early development and emrbyogensis functions in X chromosome inactivation and gene imprinting, wherease in plants, DNA methylation occurs later and affects genomic stability through silencing of transposable elements (He et al. 2011).