Because it excises thymine from GM-bM-^@M-"T mismatches, TDG was proposed to counter mutagenesis by 5-methylcytosine deamination. Yet, TDG was also observed to attack 5-methycytosine itself, making it a candidate DNA demethylase, and interactions with transcription factors implicated additional func...
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
