Function and information content of DNA methylation

D Schübeler - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Cytosine methylation is a DNA modification generally associated with transcriptional
silencing. Factors that regulate methylation have been linked to human disease, yet how …

TET1 and hydroxymethylcytosine in transcription and DNA methylation fidelity

K Williams, J Christensen, MT Pedersen, JV Johansen… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Enzymes catalysing the methylation of the 5-position of cytosine (mC) have essential roles in
regulating gene expression and maintaining cellular identity. Recently, TET1 was found to …

Genomic patterns of DNA methylation: targets and function of an epigenetic mark

M Weber, D Schübeler - Current opinion in cell biology, 2007 - Elsevier
Methylation of cytosines can mediate epigenetic gene silencing and is the only known DNA
modification in eukaryotes. Recent efforts to map DNA methylation across mammalian …

[HTML][HTML] A genome-scale map of DNA methylation turnover identifies site-specific dependencies of DNMT and TET activity

PA Ginno, D Gaidatzis, A Feldmann, L Hoerner… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
DNA methylation is considered a stable epigenetic mark, yet methylation patterns can vary
during differentiation and in diseases such as cancer. Local levels of DNA methylation result …

Human DNA methylomes at base resolution show widespread epigenomic differences

R Lister, M Pelizzola, RH Dowen, RD Hawkins, G Hon… - nature, 2009 - nature.com
DNA cytosine methylation is a central epigenetic modification that has essential roles in
cellular processes including genome regulation, development and disease. Here we …

DNMT1-interacting RNAs block gene-specific DNA methylation

A Di Ruscio, AK Ebralidze, T Benoukraf, G Amabile… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
DNA methylation was first described almost a century ago; however, the rules governing its
establishment and maintenance remain elusive. Here we present data demonstrating that …

DNA-binding factors shape the mouse methylome at distal regulatory regions

MB Stadler, R Murr, L Burger, R Ivanek, F Lienert… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Methylation of cytosines is an essential epigenetic modification in mammalian genomes, yet
the rules that govern methylation patterns remain largely elusive. To gain insights into this …

[HTML][HTML] The concurrence of DNA methylation and demethylation is associated with transcription regulation

J Shi, J Xu, YE Chen, JS Li, Y Cui, L Shen, JJ Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The mammalian DNA methylome is formed by two antagonizing processes, methylation by
DNA methyltransferases (DNMT) and demethylation by ten-eleven translocation (TET) …

Epigenetic polymorphism and the stochastic formation of differentially methylated regions in normal and cancerous tissues

G Landan, NM Cohen, Z Mukamel, A Bar… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
DNA methylation has been comprehensively profiled in normal and cancer cells, but the
dynamics that form, maintain and reprogram differentially methylated regions remain …

DNA methylation: TET proteins—guardians of CpG islands?

K Williams, J Christensen, K Helin - EMBO reports, 2012 - embopress.org
DNA methylation is involved in key cellular processes, including X‐chromosome
inactivation, imprinting and transcriptional silencing of specific genes and repetitive …