DNA methylation and epigenetic mechanisms.

doi:10.1007/BF02991575

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DNA methylation and epigenetic mechanisms.

Cell biophysics - 1 Jan 2000

Holliday R

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Genes are essential for the transmission of genetic information from generation to generation, and this mechanism of inheritance is fully understood. Genes are also essential for unfolding the genetic program for development, but the rules governing this process are obscure. Epigenetics comprises...

Topics

Animals
Cell Differentiation
Cell Line
DNA
Diploidy
Gene Expression Regulation
Germ Cells
Humans
Methylation
Mutation

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