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Genomic DNA methylation: the mark and its mediators.

Robert J. Klose, +1 more
- 01 Feb 2006 - 
- Vol. 31, Iss: 2, pp 89-97
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The role of DNA methylation in controlling gene expression is illuminated and its links with histone modification and chromatin remodelling are strengthened, and the mechanisms by which it is targeted to specific regions of the genome are understood.
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This article is published in Trends in Biochemical Sciences.The article was published on 2006-02-01. It has received 2418 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Epigenomics & DNA methylation.

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CpG Islands and the Regulation of Transcription

TL;DR: Vertebrate CpG islands are generically equipped to influence local chromatin structure and simplify regulation of gene activity.
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Perceptions of epigenetics

TL;DR: During the past year, more than 2,500 articles, numerous scientific meetings and a new journal were devoted to the subject of epigenetics, portrayed by the popular press as a revolutionary new science — an antidote to the idea that the authors are hard-wired by their genes.
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Cancer epigenetics: from mechanism to therapy.

TL;DR: The basic principles behind DNA methylation, histone modification, nucleosome remodeling, and RNA-mediated targeting are presented and the evidence suggesting that their misregulation can culminate in cancer is highlighted.
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DNA methyltransferases Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b are essential for de novo methylation and mammalian development.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that two recently identified DNA methyltransferases, DnMT3a and Dnmt3b, are essential for de novo methylation and for mouse development and play important roles in normal development and disease.
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Targeted mutation of the DNA methyltransferase gene results in embryonic lethality.

TL;DR: Results indicate that while a 3-fold reduction in levels of genomic m5C has no detectable effect on the viability or proliferation of ES cells in culture, a similar reduction of DNA methylation in embryos causes abnormal development and embryonic lethality.
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Transcriptional repression by the methyl-CpG-binding protein MeCP2 involves a histone deacetylase complex

TL;DR: The data suggest that two global mechanisms of gene regulation, DNA methylation and histone deacetylation, can be linked by MeCP2, an abundant nuclear protein that is essential for mouse embryogenesis.
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Epigenetic Reprogramming in Mammalian Development

TL;DR: What is known about reprogramming in mammals and how it might relate to developmental potency and imprinting are discussed, including whether or not methylation is involved in the control of gene expression during normal development.
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Methylated DNA and MeCP2 recruit histone deacetylase to repress transcription.

TL;DR: The results establish a direct causal relationship between DNA methylation-dependent transcriptional silencing and the modification of chromatin.
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