Human non-CG methylation: Are human stem cells plant-like?

Epigenetics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 569-572

  Dyachenko, Olga V ^a   Shevchuk, Taras V ^a   Kretzner, Leo ^a   Buryanov, Yaroslav I ^a   Smith, Steven S ^b  

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

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dnmt1; Dnmt3a; Human methylome; Non CG methylation; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; NON CG METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENOME; STEM CELL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 78449236569     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.5.7.12702     Document Type: Article

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