DNA methylation patterns formation and function

A Razin, M Szyf - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene Structure …, 1984 - Elsevier
The occurrence of 5-methylcytosine (m S Cyt) and Nr-methyladenine (m6Ade) as minor
bases in DNA has been known for more than 35 years [1-3]. The fact that DNA methylation is …

DNA methylation and its possible biological roles

A Razin, J Friedman - Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular …, 1981 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary The chapter discusses on the DNA methylation and its possible
biological roles. The pattern of DNA methylation is species-specific. In the DNA of some …

DNA methylation and gene expression

A Razin, H Cedar - Microbiological reviews, 1991 - Am Soc Microbiol
A large body of evidence demonstrates that DNA methylation plays a role in gene regulation
in animal cells. Not only is there a correlation between gene transcription and …

Dna Methylation in Eukaryote

RLP Adams, RH Burdon… - Critical Reviews in …, 1982 - Taylor & Francis
In addition to the four bases incorporated into DNA during semiconservative replication
there is a variable number of other bases present in DNA in small amounts. These arise by …

DNA methylation at asymmetric sites is associated with numerous transition mutations.

EU Selker, JN Stevens - Proceedings of the National …, 1985 - National Acad Sciences
We describe two unusual 5S RNA regions from Neurospora crassa that are tightly linked.
Sequence analysis suggests that these genes or pseudogenes, which we designate zeta …

DNA methylation and gene activity

W Doerfler - Annual review of biochemistry, 1983 - annualreviews.org
DNA methylation and its functional significance, particularly in eukaryotic systems, have
become very active areas of research. Although the biochem istry of DNA methylation has …

DNA METHYLATION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

MG Marinus - Annual review of genetics, 1987 - annualreviews.org
The DNA of most organisms contains methylated bases, but the biological function of these
residues in most prokaryotes and eukaryotes remains largely unknown. One approach to …

[图书][B] DNA methylation: molecular biology and biological significance

J Jost, H Saluz - 2013 - books.google.com
The occurrence of 5-methylcytosine in DNA was first described in 1948 by Hotchkiss (see
first chapter). Recognition of its possible physiologi cal role in eucaryotes was first …

Comparative study of DNA methylation in three unicellular eucaryotes

S Hattman, C Kenny, L Berger, K Pratt - Journal of bacteriology, 1978 - Am Soc Microbiol
We have analyzed the nature/content of methylated bases in the nuclear DNA of three
unicellular eucaryotes. The pattern of methylation was different for each of the three …

Methylation of DNA in prokaryotes

M Noyer-Weidner, TA Trautner - DNA methylation: molecular biology and …, 1993 - Springer
A much wider variety of biological functions of postreplicative DNA methylation is observed
in prokaryotes than in eukaryotes. In eukaryotes DNA methylation is primarily a means of the …