Mammalian (cytosine-5) methyltransferases cause genomic DNA methylation and lethality in Drosophila

Frank Lyko; Bernard Ramsahoye; Helena Kashevsky; Matthew Tudor; Mary-Ann A. Mastrangelo; Terry L. Orr‐Weaver; Rudolf Jaenisch

doi:10.1038/15551

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BiologyDNA methylationMethyltransferaseMethylationRNA-Directed DNA MethylationDNA methyltransferaseDNMT1EpigenomicsGeneticsCpG siteHistone methylationMolecular biologyGeneGene expression

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Year: 1999
Type: article
Volume: 23
Issue: 3
Pages: 363-366
Citations: 185
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                                    Frank Lyko, 
                                
                                    Bernard Ramsahoye, 
                                
                                    Helena Kashevsky
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1999). 
                            Mammalian (cytosine-5) methyltransferases cause genomic DNA methylation and lethality in Drosophila. 
                            Nature Genetics
                            , 23
                            (3)
                            , 363-366.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/15551
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/15551