Effects of non-CpG site methylation on DNA thermal stability: a fluorescence study

Cytosine methylation is a widespread epigenetic regulation mechanism. In healthy mature cells, methylation occurs at CpG dinucleotides within promoters, where it primarily silences gene expression by modifying the binding affinity of transcription factors to the promoters. Conversely, a recent study...

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Main Authors: Nardo, Luca, Lamperti, Marco, Salerno, Domenico, Cassina, Valeria, Missana, Natalia, Bondani, Maria, Tempestini, Alessia, Mantegazza, Francesco
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4678853/