Formation of methylation patterns in the mammalian genome

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 386, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-130

  Turker, Mitchell S ^a,c   Bestor, Timothy H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mamalian genome; Methylation pattern

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; X CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030986103     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5742(96)00048-8     Document Type: Review

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