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Mediating and maintaining methylation while minimizing mutation: Recent advances on mammalian DNA methyltransferases.
Current opinion in structural biology - 1 Aug 2022
Cheng Xiaodong, Blumenthal Robert M
Abstract excerpt
Mammalian genomes are methylated on carbon-5 of many cytosines, mostly in CpG dinucleotides. Methylation patterns are maintained during mitosis via DNMT1, and regulatory factors involved in processes that include histone modifications. Methylation in a sequence longer than CpG can influence the binding of sequence-specific transcription factors, thus affecting gene expression. 5-Methylcytosine deamination results...
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