Demethylation boosts T cells
Selective demethylation of the interleukin-2 gene enhances transcription in T cells.
Jan 27, 2003
DNA methylation is a process that has proved difficult to observe but is thought to occur mainly in parallel with gene activation during development. A role for DNA demethylation in the regulation of genes expressed in differentiated somatic cells remains controversial. In the January 27
Bruniquel and Schwartz used bisulfite genomic sequencing and examined every CpG site in the
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