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Cytosine methylation in gene-silencing mechanisms.

Current opinion in cell biology ·Vol. 3 ·No. 3 ·1991-06-00 ·Pages 438-43

Chomet PS

Abstract

Cytosine methylation is associated with gene-silencing mechanisms in a number of eukaryotic organisms. Recent studies directed at the involvement of methylation in promoter inactivation, X-chromosome and duplicate sequence inactivation and in chromatin structure changes, are presented.

MeSH Terms
Animals Chromatin/physiology Cytosine DNA/genetics,metabolism Gene Expression Regulation Methylation Models, Genetic
Chemicals
Chromatin Cytosine DNA
Authors & Affiliations
1 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Chomet P S
Plant Biology Department, University of California Berkeley 94720.
Article Info
Journal
Current opinion in cell biology
Abbr.
Curr Opin Cell Biol
ISSN
0955-0674
DOI
10.1016/0955-0674(91)90071-6
Published
1991-06-00
Pages
438-43
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
8913428
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/0955-0674(91)90071-6 View journal details
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