UHRF1 links the histone code and DNA methylation to ensure faithful epigenetic memory inheritance

Genetics and Epigenetics

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages 29-36

  Bronner, Christian ^a   Fuhrmann, Guy ^a   Chédin, Frédéric L ^b   Macaluso, Marcella ^c   Dhe Paganon, Sirano ^d,e  

^a Faculté de Pharmacie   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNMT1; Epigenetic code inheritance; Hemi methylated DNA; Histones; SRA domain; Tudor domain; UHRF1

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251508434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1179237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/geg.s3992     Document Type: Review

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