Epigenetic mechanisms in neurogenesis

B Yao, KM Christian, C He, P **, G Ming… - Nature reviews …, 2016‏ - nature.com
In the embryonic and adult brain, neural stem cells proliferate and give rise to neurons and
glia through highly regulated processes. Epigenetic mechanisms—including DNA and …

DNA methylation dynamics during epigenetic reprogramming in the germline and preimplantation embryos

DM Messerschmidt, BB Knowles… - Genes & …, 2014‏ - genesdev.cshlp.org
Methylation of DNA is an essential epigenetic control mechanism in mammals. During
embryonic development, cells are directed toward their future lineages, and DNA …

Distribution, recognition and regulation of non-CpG methylation in the adult mammalian brain

JU Guo, Y Su, JH Shin, J Shin, H Li, B **e… - Nature …, 2014‏ - nature.com
DNA methylation has critical roles in the nervous system and has been traditionally
considered to be restricted to CpG dinucleotides in metazoan genomes. Here we show that …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methyltransferases Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b are essential for de novo methylation and mammalian development

M Okano, DW Bell, DA Haber, E Li - Cell, 1999‏ - cell.com
The establishment of DNA methylation patterns requires de novo methylation that occurs
predominantly during early development and gametogenesis in mice. Here we demonstrate …

Structure and function of mammalian DNA methyltransferases

RZ Jurkowska, TP Jurkowski, A Jeltsch - Chembiochem, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
DNA methylation plays an important role in epigenetic signalling, having an impact on gene
regulation, chromatin structure, development and disease. Here, we review the structures …

Eukaryotic cytosine methyltransferases

MG Goll, TH Bestor - Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2005‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Large-genome eukaryotes use heritable cytosine methylation to silence
promoters, especially those associated with transposons and imprinted genes. Cytosine …

The DNA methyltransferases of mammals

TH Bestor - Human molecular genetics, 2000‏ - academic.oup.com
The biological significance of 5-methylcytosine was in doubt for many years, but is no
longer. Through targeted mutagenesis in mice it has been learnt that every protein shown by …

Regulation and function of DNA methylation in plants and animals

XJ He, T Chen, JK Zhu - Cell research, 2011‏ - nature.com
DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mark involved in diverse biological processes.
In plants, DNA methylation can be established through the RNA-directed DNA methylation …

Transcription of IAP endogenous retroviruses is constrained by cytosine methylation

CP Walsh, JR Chaillet, TH Bestor - Nature genetics, 1998‏ - nature.com
Activation of the promoters of parasitic sequence elements (transposons and endogenous
retroviruses) causes dysregulation of nearby cellular genes and induces new mutations via …

Suv39h-mediated histone H3 lysine 9 methylation directs DNA methylation to major satellite repeats at pericentric heterochromatin

B Lehnertz, Y Ueda, AAHA Derijck, U Braunschweig… - Current Biology, 2003‏ - cell.com
Abstract Background: Histone H3 lysine 9 (H3-K9) methylation and DNA methylation are
characteristic hallmarks of mammalian heterochromatin. H3-K9 methylation was recently …