Dna methylation in amphioxus: From ancestral functions to new roles in vertebrates

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-155

  Albalat, Ricard ^a   Martí Solans, Josep ^a   Cañestro, Cristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Chordate and vertebrate genome evolution; Conserved genomic synteny; DNA methylation; DNMT and MBD; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BRANCHIOSTOMA; COMPUTER MODEL; DNA METHYLATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME; GENOMICS; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SYNTENY;

ANIMALS; CHORDATA; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY;

ASCIDIACEA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84859055193     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/els009     Document Type: Article

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