Dynamics and function of DNA methylation in plants

H Zhang, Z Lang, JK Zhu - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
DNA methylation is a conserved epigenetic modification that is important for gene regulation
and genome stability. Aberrant patterns of DNA methylation can lead to plant developmental …

TET-mediated active DNA demethylation: mechanism, function and beyond

X Wu, Y Zhang - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
In mammals, DNA methylation in the form of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) can be actively
reversed to unmodified cytosine (C) through TET dioxygenase-mediated oxidation of 5mC to …

Gene body methylation in cancer: molecular mechanisms and clinical applications

Q Wang, F Xiong, G Wu, W Liu, J Chen, B Wang… - Clinical …, 2022 - Springer
DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mechanism that regulates gene expression. To
date, most DNA methylation studies have focussed on CpG islands in the gene promoter …

TET enzymes, TDG and the dynamics of DNA demethylation

RM Kohli, Y Zhang - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
DNA methylation has a profound impact on genome stability, transcription and development.
Although enzymes that catalyse DNA methylation have been well characterized, those that …

DNA methylation: roles in mammalian development

ZD Smith, A Meissner - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2013 - nature.com
DNA methylation is among the best studied epigenetic modifications and is essential to
mammalian development. Although the methylation status of most CpG dinucleotides in the …

DNA methylation in mammals

E Li, Y Zhang - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2014 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
DNA methylation is one of the best characterized epigenetic modifications. In mammals it is
involved in various biological processes including the silencing of transposable elements …

DNA methylation and its basic function

LD Moore, T Le, G Fan - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2013 - nature.com
In the mammalian genome, DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism involving the
transfer of a methyl group onto the C5 position of the cytosine to form 5-methylcytosine. DNA …

[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 …

Functions of DNA methylation: islands, start sites, gene bodies and beyond

PA Jones - Nature reviews genetics, 2012 - nature.com
DNA methylation is frequently described as a'silencing'epigenetic mark, and indeed this
function of 5-methylcytosine was originally proposed in the 1970s. Now, thanks to improved …

Base excision repair

HE Krokan, M Bjørås - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2013 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Base excision repair (BER) corrects DNA damage from oxidation, deamination and
alkylation. Such base lesions cause little distortion to the DNA helix structure. BER is …