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DNA Methylation and Its Basic Function

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The investigation into DNA methylation continues to show a rich and complex picture about epigenetic gene regulation in the central nervous system and provides possible therapeutic targets for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders.
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This article is published in Neuropsychopharmacology.The article was published on 2013-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2399 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: RNA-Directed DNA Methylation & DNA methylation.

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Dissection ofthemethyl-CpG binding domainfromthe chromosomal protein MeCP2

Xinsheng Nan
TL;DR: In vitro footprinting indicates that MBD binding can protect a 12 nucleotide region surrounding a methyl-CpG pair, with an approximate dissociation constant of 10(-9) M.
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Epigenetic mechanisms of drug addiction.

TL;DR: There is robust evidence that repeated exposure to drugs of abuse induces changes within the brain's reward regions in three major modes of epigenetic regulation-histone modifications such as acetylation and methylation, DNA methylation and non-coding RNAs.
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Epigenetic mechanisms of drug addiction.

TL;DR: The latest advances in the field of epigenetic regulation are summarized, focusing on histone modifications, DNA methylation, and noncoding RNAs.
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Nuclear calcium signalling in the regulation of brain function

TL;DR: Calcium signals that are induced by synaptic activity and propagate into the nucleus are a major route for synapse-to-nucleus communication and may underlie the aetiologies of various diseases, including neurodegeneration and cognitive dysfunction.
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Consistent inverse correlation between DNA methylation of the first intron and gene expression across tissues and species

TL;DR: The integrative analysis clearly reveals the important and conserved role of the methylation level of the first intron and its inverse association with gene expression regardless of tissue and species.
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Genome-wide analysis of mammalian promoter architecture and evolution

TL;DR: These tagging methods allow quantitative analysis of promoter usage in different tissues and show that differentially regulated alternative TSSs are a common feature in protein-coding genes and commonly generate alternative N termini.
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Purification, sequence, and cellular localization of a novel chromosomal protein that binds to Methylated DNA

TL;DR: This work reports the identification, purification, and cDNA cloning of a novel MeCP called MeCP2, which unlike MeCP1, the new protein is able to bind to DNA that contains a single methyl-CpG pair.
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Hydroxylation of 5-Methylcytosine by TET1 Promotes Active DNA Demethylation in the Adult Brain

TL;DR: This study suggests a TET1-induced oxidation-deamination mechanism for active DNA demethylation in mammals.
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A genome-wide analysis of CpG dinucleotides in the human genome distinguishes two distinct classes of promoters.

TL;DR: A direct and comprehensive survey is adopted to identify the locations of all CpGs in the human genome and finds that promoters segregate naturally into two classes by CpG content, suggesting that CpGS in the HCG class are hypomethylated in the germ line.
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