Cytosine methylation and mammalian development

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-34

  Walsh, Colum P ^a   Bestor, Timothy H ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Demethylation; Gene expression; Mammalian development; Methylation; Mouse embryos; Transcriptional silencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEMETHYLATION; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENOME; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032901199     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.1.26     Document Type: Article

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