[The mechanism of replicative and post-replicative DNA methylation as a generator of mutations in a cell].

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[The mechanism of replicative and post-replicative DNA methylation as a generator of mutations in a cell].

Molekuliarnaia biologiia - 1 Jan 2000

Mazin A L

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The functional role of enzymatic DNA methylation in eukaryotes is still obscure even 45 years after its discovery. In the present paper the analysis of various aspects of DNA methylation has been made from the point of view of a common functional model considering the system as a generator of 5mC...

Topics

5-Methylcytosine
Animals
Cellular Senescence
Cytosine
DNA
DNA Replication
Genome
Humans
Methylation
Mutation
Thymine

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