DNA Methylation Molecular Biology and Biological Significance
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چکیده
Major techniques to study DNA methylation 11 W. Zacharias Methylation of cytosine influences the DNA structure 27 M. Noy er-Weidner and T. A. Trautner Methylation of DNA in prokaryotes 39 H. Leonhardt and T. H. Bestor Structure, function and regulation of mammalian DNA methyl-transferase 109 Effect of DNA methylation on the binding of vertebrate and plant proteins to DNA 145 F. Antequera and A. Bird CpG Islands 169 The role of DNA methylation in the regulation of plant expression 218 W. Doerfler Pattern of de novo methylation and promoter inhibition: studies on the adenovirus and the human genome 262 D. P. Bednarik DNA methylation and retrovirus expression 300 Effect of DNA methylation on dynamic properties of the helix and nuclear protein binding in the H-ras promoter 330 A. Razin and H. Cedar DNA methylation and embryogenesis 343 J. Singer-Sam and A. D. Riggs X chromosome inactivation and DNA methylation 358 C. Chu and C. K. J. Shen DNA methylation: Its possible functional role in developmental regulation of human globin gene families 385 M. Graessmann and A. Graessmann DNA methylation, chromatin structure and the regulation of gene expression 404 J. P. Jost and H. P. Saluz Steroid hormone-dependent changes in DNA methylation and its significance for the activation or silencing of specific genes ... 425 The repair of 5-methylcytosine deamination damage 510 A. Yeivin and A. Razin Gene methylation patterns and expression 523 Index 569
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