Structural and functional features of the 5-methylcytosine distribution in the eukaryotic genome
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- 24 April 2010
- journal article
- Published by Pleiades Publishing Ltd in Molecular Biology
- Vol. 44 (2) , 171-185
Abstract
DNA methylation is an integral part of the mechanism of a remodeling and modification of the chromatin structure. The global complex net of chromatin modification and remodeling reactions is still toKeywords
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