New concepts in DNA methylation

A Jeltsch, RZ Jurkowska - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2014 - cell.com
The widely-cited model of maintenance of DNA methylation at CpG sites implies that DNA
methylation is introduced by the Dnmt3 de novo DNA methyltransferases during early …

Specific or not specific recruitment of DNMTs for DNA methylation, an epigenetic dilemma

E Hervouet, P Peixoto, R Delage-Mourroux… - Clinical …, 2018 - Springer
Our current view of DNA methylation processes is strongly moving: First, even if it was
generally admitted that DNMT3A and DNMT3B are associated with de novo methylation and …

Dnmt1 has de novo activity targeted to transposable elements

C Haggerty, H Kretzmer, C Riemenschneider… - Nature structural & …, 2021 - nature.com
DNA methylation plays a critical role during development, particularly in repressing
retrotransposons. The mammalian methylation landscape is dependent on the combined …

Structure and function of mammalian DNA methyltransferases

RZ Jurkowska, TP Jurkowski, A Jeltsch - Chembiochem, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
DNA methylation plays an important role in epigenetic signalling, having an impact on gene
regulation, chromatin structure, development and disease. Here, we review the structures …

The role of DNA methylation in mammalian epigenetics

PA Jones, D Takai - Science, 2001 - science.org
Genes constitute only a small proportion of the total mammalian genome, and the precise
control of their expression in the presence of an overwhelming background of noncoding …

The SRA protein Np95 mediates epigenetic inheritance by recruiting Dnmt1 to methylated DNA

J Sharif, M Muto, S Takebayashi, I Suetake, A Iwamatsu… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
Abstract DNA methyltransferase (cytosine-5) 1 (Dnmt1) is the principal enzyme responsible
for maintenance of CpG methylation and is essential for the regulation of gene expression …

Genome-wide analysis in the mouse embryo reveals the importance of DNA methylation for transcription integrity

T Dahlet, A Argüeso Lleida, H Al Adhami… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Mouse embryos acquire global DNA methylation of their genome during implantation.
However the exact roles of DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) in embryos have not been …

Bioinformatics and drug discovery

X Xia - Current topics in medicinal chemistry, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Bioinformatic analysis can not only accelerate drug target identification and drug candidate
screening and refinement, but also facilitate characterization of side effects and predict drug …

The Dnmt1 DNA-(cytosine-C5)-methyltransferase methylates DNA processively with high preference for hemimethylated target sites

A Hermann, R Goyal, A Jeltsch - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004 - ASBMB
In the cell, Dnmt1 is the major enzyme in maintenance of the pattern of DNA methylation
after DNA replication. Evidence suggests that the protein is located at the replication fork …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal methyl supplements in mice affect epigenetic variation and DNA methylation of offspring

CA Cooney, AA Dave, GL Wolff - The Journal of nutrition, 2002 - Elsevier
This study was designed to determine if maternal dietary methyl supplements increase DNA
methylation and methylation-dependent epigenetic phenotypes in mammalian offspring …