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DNA methylation and epigenotypes.
Biochemistry. Biokhimiia - 1 May 2005
Holliday R
Abstract excerpt
The science of epigenetics is the study of all those mechanisms that control the unfolding of the genetic program for development and determine the phenotypes of differentiated cells. The pattern of gene expression in each of these cells is called the epigenotype. The best known and most thoroughly studied epigenetic mechanism is DNA methylation, which provides a basis both for the switching of gene activities,...
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