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Complete inactivation of DNMT1 leads to mitotic catastrophe in human cancer cells.
Nature genetics - 1 Mar 2007
Chen Taiping, Hevi Sarah, Gay Frédérique, Tsujimoto Naomi, He Timothy, Zhang Bailin, Ueda Yoshihide, Li En
Abstract excerpt
Studies have shown that DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) is the principal enzyme responsible for maintaining CpG methylation and is required for embryonic development and survival of somatic cells in mice. The role of DNMT1 in human cancer cells, however, remains highly controversial...
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