DNA methylation in animal development

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-65

  Meehan, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; DNA methylation; Dnmt methyltransferase; Epigenetics; MBD MeCPs; Transcriptional repression

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CHROMATIN; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; MAMMAL; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037327282     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1084-9521(02)00137-4     Document Type: Review

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