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 …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] New insights on the role of DNA methylation from a global view

K Meier, F Recillas-Targa - Front Biosci (Landmark Ed), 2017 - article.imrpress.com
In mammals, DNA methylation is a crucial epigenetic modification with key functions during
development. Cellular processes that are regulated by DNA methylation comprise X …

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 methylation and regulation of gene expression: Guardian of our health

GA Dhar, S Saha, P Mitra, R Nag Chaudhuri - The Nucleus, 2021 - Springer
One of the most critical epigenetic signatures present in the genome of higher eukaryotes is
the methylation of DNA at the C-5 position of the cytosine ring. Based on the sites of DNA …

Dynamic regulation of DNA methylation during mammalian development

S Guibert, T Forné, M Weber - Epigenomics, 2009 - Future Medicine
DNA methylation occurs on cytosines, is catalyzed by DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs),
and is present at high levels in all vertebrates. DNA methylation plays essential roles in …

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 …

DNA methylation dynamics in cellular commitment and differentiation

M Suelves, E Carrió, Y Núñez-Álvarez… - Briefings in functional …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
DNA methylation is an essential epigenetic modification for mammalian development and is
crucial for the establishment and maintenance of cellular identity. Traditionally, DNA …

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 …

Epigenetics: differential DNA methylation in mammalian somatic tissues

H Nagase, S Ghosh - The FEBS journal, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Epigenetics refers to heritable phenotypic alterations in the absence of DNA sequence
changes, and DNA methylation is one of the extensively studied epigenetic alterations. DNA …