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. 2016 Nov 15;6:37103. doi: 10.1038/srep37103

Figure 1.

Figure 1

(a) Change in the distribution of 5-methylcytidine at CpG sites in cancer. This epigenetic change can be defined as a chemical change of the whole DNA[37] and can be observed in most types of cancer. Schematic of (b) cytidine and (c) 5-methylcytidine in DNA. The conversion of (b) to (c) is called DNA methylation.