CpG refers to any cytosine nucleotide in DNA that neighbors a guanine. CpG site comes from "cytosine-phosphate-guanine site". These sites have the potential for a methyl (or other derivative) to be attached. Dense regions of CpG's are known as CpG islands.
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Are CpG sites always palindromic? If so how?
I'm having a bit of difficulty understanding why CpG sites are said to be palindromes. In what sense are they palindromes? Like they always have this shape CGGC? (for example)
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