Active DNA demethylation mediated by DNA glycosylases

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2009, Pages 143-166

  Zhu, Jian Kang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Base excision repair; DNA demethylase; Epigenetics; Small RNA

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; DEAMINASE; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE MBD4; GENOMIC DNA; LIGASE; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; DNA;

CARCINOGENESIS; DEMETHYLATION; DNA DEMETHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCISION REPAIR; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEARNING; MAMMAL CELL; MEMORY; MISMATCH REPAIR; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR;

EID: 73349104113     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-102108-134205     Document Type: Review

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