Mechanisms of DNA methylation and demethylation in mammals

Biochimie

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2202-2211

  Auclair, Ghislain ^a   Weber, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

CpG island; Demethylation; DNA methylation; DNMT; Reprogramming; TET

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H3; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CATALYSIS; DEMETHYLATION; DNA BINDING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENOME; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; GENOME; HUMANS; MAMMALS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84867396351     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2012.05.016     Document Type: Review

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