DNA methylation and chromatin–unraveling the tangled web

KD Robertson - Oncogene, 2002 - nature.com
Methylation of cytosines within the CpG dinucleotide by DNA methyltransferases is involved
in regulating transcription and chromatin structure, controlling the spread of parasitic …

Structure and function of eukaryotic DNA methyltransferases

T Chen, E Li - Current topics in developmental biology, 2004 - Elsevier
DNA methylation is a common epigenetic modification found in eukaryotic organisms
ranging from fungi to mammals. Over the past 15 years, a number of eukaryotic DNA …

DNA methylation: shared and divergent features across eukaryotes

RJ Schmitz, ZA Lewis, MG Goll - Trends in Genetics, 2019 - cell.com
Chemical modification of nucleotide bases in DNA provides one mechanism for conveying
information in addition to the genetic code. 5-methylcytosine (5mC) represents the most …

New concepts in DNA methylation

A Jeltsch, RZ Jurkowska - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2014 - cell.com
The widely-cited model of maintenance of DNA methylation at CpG sites implies that DNA
methylation is introduced by the Dnmt3 de novo DNA methyltransferases during early …

Local chromatin microenvironment determines DNMT activity: from DNA methyltransferase to DNA demethylase or DNA dehydroxymethylase

MGP van der Wijst, M Venkiteswaran, H Chen, GL Xu… - Epigenetics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Insights on active DNA demethylation disproved the original assumption that DNA
methylation is a stable epigenetic modification. Interestingly, mammalian DNA …

[引用][C] The essentials of DNA methylation

A Bird - cell, 1992 - Elsevier
An obstacle to progress in understanding eukaryotic DNA methylation has been the lack of a
good genetic systemthe most favorable eukaryotes for genetic analysis (yeasts …

In vivo targeting of de novo DNA methylation by histone modifications in yeast and mouse

M Morselli, WA Pastor, B Montanini, K Nee, R Ferrari… - Elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Methylation of cytosines (5meC) is a widespread heritable DNA modification. During
mammalian development, two global demethylation events are followed by waves of de …

Active demethylation in mouse zygotes involves cytosine deamination and base excision repair

F Santos, J Peat, H Burgess, C Rada, W Reik… - Epigenetics & …, 2013 - Springer
Background DNA methylation in mammals is an epigenetic mark necessary for normal
embryogenesis. During development active loss of methylation occurs in the male …

DNA methylation: past, present and future directions

KD Robertson, P A. Jones - Carcinogenesis, 2000 - academic.oup.com
DNA methylation, or the covalent addition of a methyl group to cytosine within the context of
the CpG dinucleotide, has profound effects on the mammalian genome. These effects …

DNA 5-methylcytosine demethylation activities of the mammalian DNA methyltransferases

CC Chen, KY Wang, CKJ Shen - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2013 - ASBMB
Methylation at the 5-position of DNA cytosine on the vertebrate genomes is accomplished by
the combined catalytic actions of three DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs), the de novo …