DNA methylation: Old dog, new tricks?

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 949-954

  Spruijt, Cornelia G ^a,b   Vermeulen, Michiel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Genomics Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENOMICS; GERM CELL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SCREENING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CPG ISLAND; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOME; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEOMICS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84908876468     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2910     Document Type: Review

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