Inheritance of an epigenetic mark: The CpG DNA methyltransferase 1 is required for de novo establishment of a complex pattern of non-CpG methylation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Grandjean, Valérie ^a,b,c   Yaman, Ruken ^a,b,c   Cuzin, François ^a,b,c   Rassoulzadegan, Minoo ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c Institute of Signalling Developmental Biology and Cancer Research   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; HISTONE; PROTAMINE; DNA (CYTOSINE 5 ) METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HYPOTHESIS; INHERITANCE; INTRON; LOXP SITE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

VERTEBRATA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 40049102090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001136     Document Type: Article

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