Targeted DNA methylation using an artificially bisected M.HhaI fused to zinc fingers.

Little is known about the effects of single DNA methylation events on gene transcription. The ability to direct the methylation toward a single unique site within a genome would have broad use as a tool to study the effects of specific epigenetic changes on transcription. A targeted enzyme might als...

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Main Authors: Brian Chaikind, Krishna Praneeth Kilambi, Jeffrey J Gray, Marc Ostermeier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3439449?pdf=render