Conservation and divergence of DNA methylation in eukaryotes: new insights from single base-resolution DNA methylomes

Z Su, L Han, Z Zhao - Epigenetics, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
DNA methylation is one of the most important heritable epigenetic modifications of the
genome and is involved in the regulation of many cellular processes. Aberrant DNA …

Profiling genome-wide DNA methylation

WS Yong, FM Hsu, PY Chen - Epigenetics & chromatin, 2016 - Springer
DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification that plays an important role in regulating
gene expression and therefore a broad range of biological processes and diseases. DNA …

The methylome: approaches for global DNA methylation profiling

S Beck, VK Rakyan - Trends in Genetics, 2008 - cell.com
DNA methylation plays a critical role in genome function both in health and disease. Almost
60 years after the discovery of 5-methyl cytosine and∼ 25 years since the discovery that …

Encyclopaedia of eukaryotic DNA methylation: from patterns to mechanisms and functions

P Sarkies - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2022 - portlandpress.com
DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification with a very long evolutionary history.
However, DNA methylation evolves surprisingly rapidly across eukaryotes. The genome …

Principles and challenges of genome-wide DNA methylation analysis

PW Laird - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2010 - nature.com
Methylation of cytosine bases in DNA provides a layer of epigenetic control in many
eukaryotes that has important implications for normal biology and disease. Therefore …

DNA methylation methods: Global DNA methylation and methylomic analyses

S Li, TO Tollefsbol - Methods, 2021 - Elsevier
DNA methylation provides a pivotal layer of epigenetic regulation in eukaryotes that has
significant involvement for numerous biological processes in health and disease. The …

DNA methylation: a timeline of methods and applications

A Harrison, A Parle-McDermott - Frontiers in genetics, 2011 - frontiersin.org
DNA methylation is a biochemical process where a DNA base, usually cytosine, is
enzymatically methylated at the 5-carbon position. An epigenetic modification associated …

DNA methylation landscapes: provocative insights from epigenomics

MM Suzuki, A Bird - Nature reviews genetics, 2008 - nature.com
The genomes of many animals, plants and fungi are tagged by methylation of DNA cytosine.
To understand the biological significance of this epigenetic mark it is essential to know …

Conservation and divergence in eukaryotic DNA methylation

T Lee, J Zhai, BC Meyers - Proceedings of the National …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Cytosine methylation is a com-mon DNA modification found in most eukaryotic organisms
including plants, animals, and fungi (1, 2). The addition of a methyl group to cytosine …

[HTML][HTML] The DNA methylome

M Pelizzola, JR Ecker - FEBS letters, 2011 - Elsevier
Methylation of cytosines is a pervasive feature of eukaryotic genomes and an important
epigenetic layer that is fundamental for cellular differentiation processes and control of …