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Methyltransferases
Methyltransferases
The Role of DNA Base Modifications
Skirmantas Kriaucionis
| Sep 1, 2017
| 10+ min read
Researchers are just beginning to scratch the surface of how several newly recognized epigenetic changes function in the genome.
Infographic: The Various Forms of Methylated DNA
Skirmantas Kriaucionis
| Aug 31, 2017
| 1 min read
To expand the basic nucleotide alphabet, many species modify their DNA with epigenetic marks.
Plantsā Epigenetic Secrets
Jef Akst
| Feb 1, 2017
| 10+ min read
Unlike animals, plants stably pass on their DNA methylomes from one generation to the next. The resulting gene silencing likely hides an abundance of phenotypic variation.
Infographic: Plant Methylation Basics
Jef Akst
| Jan 31, 2017
| 2 min read
Multiple molecular mechanisms keep plant DNA methylation in order.
Managing Methylation
Karen Zusi
| Jan 1, 2016
| 2 min read
A long noncoding RNA associated with DNA methylation has the power to regulate colon cancer growth in vitro.
Decoding DNA: New Twists and Turns
Kerry Grens
| Jun 1, 2013
| 10+ min read
Highlights from a series of three webinars on the future of genome research, held by
The Scientist
to celebrate 60 years of the DNA double helix
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