DNA methylation dynamics during the mammalian life cycle

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1609, 2013, Pages

  Hackett, Jamie A ^a   Azim Surani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bisulphite; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; PGC; Reprogramming

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DNA; GENOMICS; GERM CELL; LIFE CYCLE; MAMMAL; METHYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SULFITE;

EID: 84869479565     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0328     Document Type: Review

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