[HTML][HTML] DNA methyltransferases Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b are essential for de novo methylation and mammalian development

M Okano, DW Bell, DA Haber, E Li - Cell, 1999 - cell.com
The establishment of DNA methylation patterns requires de novo methylation that occurs
predominantly during early development and gametogenesis in mice. Here we demonstrate …

Establishment and maintenance of genomic methylation patterns in mouse embryonic stem cells by Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b

T Chen, Y Ueda, JE Dodge, Z Wang… - Molecular and cellular …, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
We have previously shown that the DNA methyltransferases Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b carry out
de novo methylation of the mouse genome during early postimplantation development and …

DNMT3L stimulates the DNA methylation activity of Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b through a direct interaction

I Suetake, F Shinozaki, J Miyagawa… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
In mammals, the resetting of DNA methylation patterns in early embryos and germ cells is
crucial for development. Two DNA methyltransferases, Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b, are …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of the maternal imprint in Dnmt3Lmat−/− mice leads to a differentiation defect in the extraembryonic tissue

T Arima, K Hata, S Tanaka, M Kusumi, E Li, K Kato… - Developmental …, 2006 - Elsevier
DNA methylation of the genome is essential for mammalian development and plays crucial
roles in a variety of biological processes including genomic imprinting. Although the DNA …

Coordinate regulation of DNA methyltransferase expression during oogenesis

D Lucifero, S La Salle, D Bourc'his, J Martel… - BMC developmental …, 2007 - Springer
Background Normal mammalian development requires the action of DNA
methyltransferases (DNMTs) for the establishment and maintenance of DNA methylation …

Major and essential role for the DNA methylation mark in mouse embryogenesis and stable association of DNMT1 with newly replicated regions

S Takebayashi, T Tamura, C Matsuoka… - Molecular and cellular …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) plays an important role in the inheritance of genomic
DNA methylation, which is coupled to the DNA replication process. Early embryonic lethality …

Dynamics of Dnmt1 methyltransferase expression and intracellular localization during oogenesis and preimplantation development

S Ratnam, C Mertineit, F Ding, CY Howell… - Developmental …, 2002 - Elsevier
The imprinting of mammalian genes depends on the maintenance of DNA methylation
patterns during pre-and postimplantation development. Dnmt1o is a variant form of the …

Genomic imprinting disrupted by a maternal effect mutation in the Dnmt1 gene

CY Howell, TH Bestor, F Ding, KE Latham, C Mertineit… - Cell, 2001 - cell.com
Maintenance of genomic methylation patterns in mammalian somatic cells depends on DNA
methyltransferase-1 (Dnmt1). Mouse oocytes and preimplantation embryos lack Dnmt1 but …

The DNA methyltransferase-like protein DNMT3L stimulates de novo methylation by Dnmt3a

F Chedin, MR Lieber, CL Hsieh - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
Dnmt3L is required for the establishment of maternal methylation imprints at imprinting
centers (ICs). Dnmt3L, however, lacks the conserved catalytic domain common to DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Stage-and cell-specific expression of Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b during embryogenesis

D Watanabe, I Suetake, T Tada, S Tajima - Mechanisms of development, 2002 - Elsevier
DNA methylation is essential for development. Two DNA methyltransferases, Dnmt3a and
Dnmt3b, contribute to the creation of DNA methylation patterns in embryos. We …