Cyclical DNA methylation of a transcriptionally active promoter

Raphaël Métivier; Rozenn Gallais; Christophe Tiffoche; Christine Le Péron; Renata Z. Jurkowska; Richard P. Carmouche; David Ibberson; Péter Baráth; Florence Demay; George Reid; Vladimı́r Beneš; Albert Jeltsch; Frank Gannon; Gilles Salbert

doi:10.1038/nature06544

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Epigenetics of physical exerciseDNA methylationDNA demethylationBiologyEpigenomicsEpigeneticsPromoterMethylationChromatinGeneticsCpG siteRNA-Directed DNA MethylationMolecular biologyDNAGeneGene expression

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Year: 2008
Type: article
Volume: 452
Issue: 7183
Pages: 45-50
Citations: 882
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                                    Raphaël Métivier, 
                                
                                    Rozenn Gallais, 
                                
                                    Christophe Tiffoche
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2008). 
                            Cyclical DNA methylation of a transcriptionally active promoter. 
                            Nature
                            , 452
                            (7183)
                            , 45-50.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06544
                        

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