DNA methylation patterns formation and function

A Razin, M Szyf - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene Structure …, 1984 - Elsevier
… suggests the association of DNA methylation with gene activity [11-… methylation patterns
during development must be elucidated. In this article the basic features of methylation patterns, …

DNA methylation patterns and epigenetic memory

A Bird - Genes & development, 2002 - genesdev.cshlp.org
… This review concerns DNA methylation, focusing on the generation… methylation patterns in
the development of mammals. Data will be discussed favoring the notion that DNA methylation

Programming of DNA methylation patterns

H Cedar, Y Bergman - Annual review of biochemistry, 2012 - annualreviews.org
DNA methylation pattern is autonomously copied following replication, it is possible that this
modification pattern … chromatin over methylated DNA (42). It is probably in this manner that …

Rethinking how DNA methylation patterns are maintained

PA Jones, G Liang - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2009 - nature.com
… occur less frequently than expected in DNA. Not all CpG sites are methylated, and DNA
methylation patterns are tissue specific. DNA methylation is involved in several key physiological …

Genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation patterns

D Zilberman, S Henikoff - 2007 - journals.biologists.com
… This is largely owing to our limited knowledge of DNA methylation patterns. A study published
in early 2006 estimated that DNA methylation of less than 0.1% of the human genome has …

Establishing, maintaining and modifying DNA methylation patterns in plants and animals

JA Law, SE Jacobsen - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2010 - nature.com
DNA methylation and silencing at loci that produce siRNAs and IGN transcripts. Analyses of
transposon expression and DNA methylation patterns … decreases in DNA methylation occur …

DNA methylation pattern in human zygotes and developing embryos

H Fulka, M Mrazek, O Tepla, J Fulka - Reproduction, 2004 - rep.bioscientifica.com
We report on observations of the global methylation/demethylation pattern of both pronuclei
in human zygotes and in early embryos up to the blastocyst stage. Our results demonstrate …

DNA methylation patterns in lung carcinomas

GP Pfeifer, TA Rauch - Seminars in cancer biology, 2009 - Elsevier
DNA … cellular DNA methylation patterns following DNA replication. DNMT3A and DNMT3B
are primarily thought of as de novo DNA methyltransferases responsible for methylation of …

DNA methylation patterns associate with genetic and gene expression variation in HapMap cell lines

JT Bell, AA Pai, JK Pickrell, DJ Gaffney, R Pique-Regi… - Genome biology, 2011 - Springer
… these on overall DNA methylation patterns in our data. However, variation in methylation are
… may influence DNA methylation. We took this into account when performing all downstream …

Genome-wide quantitative assessment of variation in DNA methylation patterns

H Xie, M Wang, A De Andrade, MF Bonaldo… - Nucleic acids …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
… In the present study, we exploited Shannon entropy to assess the variation in DNA
methylation patterns of promoters/CGIs and Alu repeat-encompassing loci. Specifically, we …