Active DNA demethylation in mammalian preimplantation embryos: New insights and new perspectives

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 333-340

  Ma, Jun Yu ^a,b   Liang, Xing Wei ^a   Schatten, Heide ^c   Sun, Qing Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

5 hydroxymethylcytosine; 5 methylcytosine; Active DNA demethylation; Preimplantation embryos; Zygote

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; BLASTOCYST; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXCISION REPAIR; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84863740068     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gas014     Document Type: Review

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