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DNA methyltransferase 1 knock down induces gene expression by a mechanism independent of DNA methylation and histone deacetylation.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 2 Jul 2004
Milutinovic Snezana, Brown Shelley E, Zhuang Qianli, Szyf Moshe
Abstract excerpt
DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) catalyzes the post-replication methylation of DNA and is responsible for maintaining the DNA methylation pattern during cell division. A long list of data supports a role for DNMT1 in cellular transformation and inhibitors of DNMT1 were shown to have antitumorigenic effects. It was long believed that DNMT1 promoted tumorigenesis by maintaining the hypermethylated and silenced state...
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