DNA methyltransferases Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b are essential for de novo methylation and mammalian development

Cell

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 247-257

  Okano, Masaki ^a   Bell, Daphne W ^b   Haber, Daniel A ^b   Li, En ^a,b  

^a Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033615717     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81656-6     Document Type: Article

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