Rethinking how DNA methylation patterns are maintained

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 805-811

  Jones, Peter A ^a   Liang, Gangning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1;

CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 70350046301     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2651     Document Type: Note

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