chromosomal 5-methylcytosine DNA demethylation pathway
A process that chemically modifies 5-methylcytosine (5meC) to make it a substrate for the base excision repair pathway, which then restores the unmodified cytosine.
GO:0006259
DNA metabolic process
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epigenetic 5-methylcytosine DNA demethylation
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epigenetic 5-methylcytosine DNA demethylation pathway
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epigenetic DNA demethylation
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