Regulation and function of mammalian DNA methylation patterns: a genomic perspective

H Wu, J Tao, YE Sun - Briefings in Functional Genomics, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Mammalian DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) establish and maintain genomic DNA
methylation patterns that are required for proper epigenetic regulation of gene expression …

Emerging concept in DNA methylation: role of transcription factors in shaping DNA methylation patterns

C Marchal, B Miotto - Journal of cellular physiology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
DNA methylation in mammals is a key epigenetic modification essential to normal genome
regulation and development. DNA methylation patterns are established during early …

The diverse roles of DNA methylation in mammalian development and disease

MVC Greenberg, D Bourc'his - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
DNA methylation is of paramount importance for mammalian embryonic development. DNA
methylation has numerous functions: it is implicated in the repression of transposons and …

DNA demethylation pathways: recent insights

C Li - Genetics & Epigenetics, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
DNA methylation is a major epigenetic regulatory mechanism for gene expression and cell
differentiation. Until recently, it was still unclear how unmethylated regions in mammalian …

Role of DNA Methyltransferases in the Epigenome

A Jeltsch, H Gowher - Genes, 2019 - mdpi.com
DNA methylation, a modification found in most species, regulates chromatin functions in
conjunction with other epigenome modifications, such as histone post-translational …

[HTML][HTML] Reversing DNA methylation: mechanisms, genomics, and biological functions

H Wu, Y Zhang - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Methylation of cytosines in the mammalian genome represents a key epigenetic modification
and is dynamically regulated during development. Compelling evidence now suggests that …

Regulation of mammalian DNA methyltransferases: a route to new mechanisms

H Denis, MN Ndlovu, F Fuks - EMBO reports, 2011 - embopress.org
DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) establish and maintain DNA methylation patterns at
specific regions of the genome, thereby contributing to gene regulation. It is becoming …

Role of mammalian DNA methyltransferases in development

Z Chen, Y Zhang - Annual review of biochemistry, 2020 - annualreviews.org
DNA methylation at the 5-position of cytosine (5mC) plays vital roles in mammalian
development. DNA methylation is catalyzed by DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs), and the …

DNA methyltransferases: facts, clues, mysteries

C Brenner, F Fuks - DNA Methylation: Basic Mechanisms, 2006 - Springer
DNA methylation plays a pivotal role during development in mammals and is central to
transcriptional silencing. The DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) are responsible for the …

Dynamics and context-dependent roles of DNA methylation

C Ambrosi, M Manzo, T Baubec - Journal of molecular biology, 2017 - Elsevier
DNA methylation is one of the most extensively studied epigenetic marks. It is involved in
transcriptional gene silencing and plays important roles during mammalian development. Its …