Spurious transcription causing innate immune responses is prevented by 5-hydroxymethylcytosine.
Wu F, Li X, Looso M, Liu H, Ding D, Günther S, Kuenne C, Liu S, Weissmann N, Boettger T, Atzberger A, Kolahian S, Renz H, Offermanns S, Gärtner U, Potente M, Zhou Y, Yuan X, Braun T.
Wu F, et al.
Nat Genet. 2023 Jan;55(1):100-111. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01252-3. Epub 2022 Dec 20.
Nat Genet. 2023.
PMID: 36539616
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Here we show that TET3, which successively oxidizes 5-methylcytosine to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) and other derivatives, prevents aberrant intragenic entry of RNA polymerase II pSer5 into highly expressed genes of airway smooth muscle cells, assuring faithful transcri …
Here we show that TET3, which successively oxidizes 5-methylcytosine to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) and other derivatives, prevents aberr …