El perfil genómico de las metiltransferasas de ADN revela un papel para DNMT3B en la metilación genética

Tuncay Baubec1, Daniele F Colombo1, Christiane Wirbelauer1

  • 1Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstrasse 66, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland.

Nature
|January 22, 2015
PubMed
Resumen

Las metiltransferasas de ADN DNMT3A y DNMT3B se dirigen a regiones genómicas específicas. Su actividad está guiada por las modificaciones de la secuencia de ADN y las histonas, lo que garantiza patrones adecuados de metilación del ADN para el desarrollo de los mamíferos y la prevención de enfermedades.

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