Active DNA demethylation of the vertebrate genomes by DNA methyltransferases: Deaminase, dehydroxymethylase or demethylase?

Epigenomics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 353-363

  Wang, Keh Yang ^a   Chen, Chun Chang ^a   Shen, Che Kun James ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

active DNA demethylation; calcium ion; DNMTs; early development; neuronal plasticity; oxidative stress; tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; GENOME; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84905825141     PISSN: 17501911     EISSN: 1750192X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/epi.14.21     Document Type: Review

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