The role of mammalian DNA methyltransferases in the regulation of gene expression

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 631-647

  Turek Plewa, Justyna ^a   Jagodziński, Paweł P ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chromatin Remodeling; DNA Methyltransferase; DNMT; Gene Expression; Methylation

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GUANINE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 31544456085     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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