Talk:5-Methylcytosine
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5-Methylcytosine is not normally capitalized in the middle of sentences in journal articles. I'm not familiar with the Wikipedia standard, but I've stuck to the capitalization that is used in the scientific literature; is it really a good idea to use a standard that deviates from this? - Madprime 20:46, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
From the ACS Style Guide, Chapter 7:
- Chemical names are not captialized unless they are the first word of a sentence or are part of a title or heading. Then, the first portion of the syllabic portion is capitalized, not the locant, stereoisomer descriptor, or positional prefix.
Jchodera 07:29, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
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- That's the same style that should be used in Wikipedia too. Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemicals/Style guidelines. --Ed (Edgar181) 10:23, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
T4 Bacteriophage
Is it worth nothing that 5-methylcytosine exists in place of cytosine in T4 phage DNA? This is certainly the reason I was looking it up, but I'm insecure enough in my chemistry knowledge to not want to make the addition without consultation. The reading I have done indicates that this might protect the phage DNA from destruction by host processes. P4limpsest (talk) 15:57, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
