Distribution, silencing potential and evolutionary impact of promoter DNA methylation in the human genome

Nature Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 457-466

  Weber, Michael ^a   Hellmann, Ines ^b,c   Stadler, Michael B ^a   Ramos, Liliana ^d   Pääbo, Svante ^b   Rebhan, Michael ^a   Schübeler, Dirk ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLAND; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN GENOME; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOMATIC CELL;

BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE SILENCING; GENOME, HUMAN; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

PRIMATES;

EID: 34047116826     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1990     Document Type: Article

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