Spl elements protect a CpG island from de novo methylation

Michael Brandeis; Dale Frank; Iiana Keshet; Zahava Siegfried; Monica Mendelsohn; Adriana Names; V. Temper; Aharon Razin; Howard Cedar

doi:10.1038/371435a0

Keywords

CpG siteDNA methylationMethylationBiologySomatic cellGeneEpigenetics of physical exerciseGeneticsDifferentially methylated regionsHousekeeping geneEmbryonic stem cellCell biologyMolecular biologyGene expression

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Hebrew University of Jerusalem IL

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Year: 1994
Type: article
Volume: 371
Issue: 6496
Pages: 435-438
Citations: 701
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                                    Michael Brandeis, 
                                
                                    Dale Frank, 
                                
                                    Iiana Keshet
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1994). 
                            Spl elements protect a CpG island from de novo methylation. 
                            Nature
                            , 371
                            (6496)
                            , 435-438.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/371435a0
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/371435a0