Structural and functional features of the 5-methylcytosine distribution in the eukaryotic genome

Molecular Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-185

  Dyachenko, O V ^a   Shevchuk, T V ^a   Buryanov, Ya I ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Chromatin; CpG; CpHpG; CpHpH methylation; DNA methylation; Genomic imprinting; Repetitive sequences; Sequence contexts

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77951711856     PISSN: 00268933     EISSN: 16083245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026893310020019     Document Type: Review

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