Once a chisel hits marble, there’s
no second chance for a sculptor. Many researchers thought that once a methyl
group was attached to DNA, the modification was also set in stone.
Carbon–to–carbon bonds between the methyl group (one carbon and three
hydrogens) and the DNA base are too strong to sever, the reasoning goes.
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