DNA methyltransferase 3b is dispensable for mouse neural crest development.

The neural crest is a population of multipotent cells that migrates extensively throughout vertebrate embryos to form diverse structures. Mice mutant for the de novo DNA methyltransferase DNMT3b exhibit defects in two neural crest derivatives, the craniofacial skeleton and cardiac ventricular septum...

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Main Authors: Bridget T Jacques-Fricke, Julaine Roffers-Agarwal, Laura S Gammill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3475715?pdf=render