Conserved role of intragenic DNA methylation in regulating alternative promoters

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PromoterDNA methylationBiologyEpigenetics of physical exerciseCpG siteMethylationGeneticsGeneDifferentially methylated regionsMolecular biologyRNA-Directed DNA MethylationTranscription (linguistics)Regulation of gene expressionGene expression

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Year: 2010
Type: article
Volume: 466
Issue: 7303
Pages: 253-257
Citations: 1712
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                                    Alika K. Maunakea, 
                                
                                    Raman P. Nagarajan, 
                                
                                    Mikhail Bilenky
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            Conserved role of intragenic DNA methylation in regulating alternative promoters. 
                            Nature
                            , 466
                            (7303)
                            , 253-257.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09165
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nature09165