scientists have recently discovered a new nucleotide they're calling 5-hydroxymethylcytosine. like all great discoveries it was an accident...
"We didn't go looking for this modification, we just found it."says Skirmantas Kriaucionis, a postdoctoral associate in the Heintz lab, who did the research.
anyway, way over my head but maybe check out the rockefeller press release or wait for the article in Science.
