Rapid and highly specific detection of site-specific 5-hydroxymethylcytosine based on peroxotungstate oxidation and mismatch ligation-based LAMP†
Abstract
We have developed a rapid and specific method for site-specific 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) quantification at single-base resolution. This bisulfite-free method integrates the peroxotungstate oxidization with the mismatched probe-assisted ligation to guarantee the specificity. Moreover, the high-efficiency LAMP also makes the proposed method suitable for the detection of low-content samples.