Cytidine deaminases: AIDing DNA demethylation?

Genes and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2107-2114

  Fritz, Eric L ^a   Papavasiliou, F Nina ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active demethylation; AICDA; AID; Cytidine deaminase; Epigenetic reprogramming

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; AICDA (ACTIVATION INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE); AICDA (ACTIVATION-INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE);

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HETEROKARYON; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

DANIO RERIO; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS;

EID: 77957659555     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1963010     Document Type: Review

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