Cytosine DNA methylation is a heritable epigenetic mark present in many eukaryotic
organisms. Although DNA methylation likely has a conserved role in gene silencing, the …

Cytosine methylation is a com-mon DNA modification found in most eukaryotic organisms
including plants, animals, and fungi (1, 2). The addition of a methyl group to cytosine …

Cytosine DNA methylation is a stable epigenetic mark that is crucial for diverse biological
processes, including gene and transposon silencing, imprinting and X chromosome …

The genomes of many animals, plants and fungi are tagged by methylation of DNA cytosine.
To understand the biological significance of this epigenetic mark it is essential to know …

Eukaryotic cytosine methylation represses transcription but also occurs in the bodies of
active genes, and the extent of methylation biology conservation is unclear. We quantified …

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DNA methylation plays important roles in many biological processes, such as silencing of
transposable elements, imprinting, and regulating gene expression. Many studies of DNA …

Tissue specific patterns of methylated cytosine residues vary with age, can be altered by
environmental factors, and are often abnormal in human disease yet the cellular …

Cytosine methylation is an important base modification that is inherited across mitotic and
meiotic cell divisions in plant genomes. Heritable methylation variants can contribute to …

Epigenetic regulation in insects may have effects on diverse biological processes. Here we
survey the methylome of a model insect, the silkworm Bombyx mori, at single-base …