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DNA methylation: conducting the orchestra from exposure to phenotype?
Clinical epigenetics - 1 Jan 2016
Leenen Fleur A D, Muller Claude P, Turner Jonathan D
Abstract excerpt
DNA methylation, through 5-methyl- and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5mC and 5hmC), is considered to be one of the principal interfaces between the genome and our environment, and it helps explain phenotypic variations in human populations. Initial reports of large differences in methylation level in genomic regulatory regions, coupled with clear gene expression data in both imprinted genes and malignant diseases,...
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