DNA Methylation: Basic Mechanisms (Hardcover)

Introduction.- The Almost Forgotten Fifth Nucleotide in DNA: An Introduction.- Pattern Formation.- Replication and Translation of Epigenetic Information.- DNA Methyltransferases. Facts, Clues, Mysteries.- DNA Methylation in Plants.- Determinant of Promoter Activity.- DNA Methylation: De novo Methylation, Long-term Promoter Silencing, Methylation Patterns in the Human Genome, and Consequences of Foreign DNA Insertion.- DNA Methyltransferases.- Establishment and Maintenance of DNA Methylation Patterns in Mammals.- Molecular Enzymology of Mammalian DNA Methyltransferases.- Epigenetic Phenomena.- Familial Hydratidiform Molar Pregnancy: the Germline Imprinting Defect Hypothesis.- Dual Inheritance.- Mutagenesis and Repair.- Mutagenesis at Methylated CpG Sequences.- Cytosine Methylation and DNA Repair.- Subject Index.