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Effects of cerebral ischemia in mice lacking DNA methyltransferase 1 in post-mitotic neurons.
Neuroreport - 4 Dec 2001
Endres M, Fan G, Meisel A, Dirnagl U, Jaenisch R
Abstract excerpt
DNA methylation is important for controlling gene expression and is catalyzed by DNA methyltransferase (Dnmt1) an enzyme abundant in brain. We recently demonstrated that mice expressing reduced levels of Dnmt1 are protected from cerebral ischemia. Here, we used the cre/loxP system to produce conditional mutants that lack Dnmt 1 in postmitotic neurons of the postnatal brain. We demonstrate that animals...
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