. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2014 Mar 12;1839(8):627–643. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.03.001

Table 2.

Reading and interpreting DNA modifications

Modification Type	Associated Functions	Reader Domains
Cytosine (CpG)	gene regulation	CxxC

methylaion (5mC)	X-inactivation, imprinting, long-term silencing, development, gene regulation	MBD, ZF, SRA (others?)
hydroxymethylation (5hmC)	?	MBD, SRA (others?)
fomnylation (5fC)	?	?
caiboxylation (ScaC)	?	SRA (others?)