5-methylcytosine biosynthetic process

id: GO:0046082
name: 5-methylcytosine biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of 5-methylcytosine, a methylated base of DNA.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0019856pyrimidine base biosynthetic process
GO:00198575-methylcytosine metabolic process