Placental hydroxymethylation vs methylation at the imprinting control region 2 on chromosome 11p15.5

In addition to methylated cytosines (5-mCs), hydroxymethylcytosines (5-hmCs) are present in CpG dinucleotide-enriched regions and some transcription regulator binding sites. Unlike methylation, hydroxymethylation does not result in silencing of gene expression, and the most commonly used methods to...

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Main Authors: H.R. Magalhaes, S.B.P. Leite, C.C.P. de Paz, G. Duarte, E.S. Ramos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2013-11-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2013001100916&lng=en&tlng=en