… In this Review, we focus on recent studies in plants and animals that have greatly expanded
… of DNA methylation, with a separate section focusing on the dynamics of DNA methylation in …

… establishment of DNA methylation patterns in mammals involves RNA interference in general,
de novo DNA methylation and … DNA methylation status is dynamically regulated by DNA …

… ) to compare DNA methylation in eight diverse plant and animal genomes. We found that
patterns of methylation are very similar in flowering plants with methylated cytosines detected in …

… In the next sections, I summarize what is known about DNA methylation in animal species
other than the mammalian models typically used in biomedical research. I focus on epigenetic …

… that global DNA methylation degree in plants and animals is … DNA methylation status varies
in different cells of an organism [14]. This finding allowed us to suggest that DNA methylation …

… To study cytosine methylation patterns across the genome, … DNA methylation patterns
in eukaryotes. Although different methylation contexts are found in animals (CG) and plants (CG, …

… referred to as global methylation. The variety of animal DNA methylation patterns highlights
the … reflect different functions for the DNA methylation system (Colot and Rossignol 1999). …

… DNA methylation pattern is autonomously copied following replication, it is possible that this
modification pattern … chromatin over methylated DNA (42). It is probably in this manner that …

… This is largely owing to our limited knowledge of DNA methylation patterns. A study published
in early 2006 estimated that DNA methylation of less than 0.1% of the human genome has …

… it easier to map DNA methylation patterns on a large … DNA methylation functions predominantly
to irreversibly silence transcription is being challenged. Not only is promoter methylation …