Chronicle of DNA methylation (1948-1975) / A. Weissbach --;Major techniques to study DNA methylation / H.P. Saluz and J.P. Jost --;Methylation of cytosine influences the DNA structure / W. Zacharias --;Methylation of DNA in prokaryotes / M. Noyer-Weidner and T.A. Trautner --;Structure, function and regulation of mammalian DNA methyltransferase / H. Leonhardt and T.H. Bestor --;Regulation of the de novo methylation / R.L.P. Adams [and others] --;Effect of DNA methylation on the binding of vertebrate and plant proteins to DNA / M. Ehrlich and K.C. Ehrlich --;CpG islands / F. Antequera and A. Bird --;DNA methyltransferases and DNA site-specific endonucleases encoded by chlorella viruses / M. Nelson, Y. Zhang and J.L. Van Etten --;Control of DNA methylation in fungi / E.U. Selker --;Role of DNA methylation in the regulation of plant expression / E.J. Finnegan, R.I.S. Brettell and E.S. Dennis --;Pattern of de novo methylation and promoter inhibition: studies on the adenovirus and the human genome / W. Doerfler --;DNA methylation and retrovirus expression / D.P. Bednarik. (cont) Effect of DNA methylation on dynamic properties of the helix and nuclear protein binding in the H-ras promoter / M.J. Rachal, P. Holton and J.N. Lapeyre --;DNA methylation and embryogenesis / A. Razin and H. Cedar --;X chromosome inactivation and DNA methylation / J. Singer-Sam and A.D. Riggs --;DNA methylation: its possible functional role in developmental regulation of human globin gene families / C. Chu and C.K.J. Shen --;DNA methylation, chromatin structure and the regulation of gene expression / M. Graessmann and A. Graessmann --;Steroid hormone-dependent changes in DNA methylation and its significance for the activation or silencing of specific genes / J.P. Jost and H.P. Saluz --;Epigenetic inheritance based on DNA methylation / R. Holliday --;DNA methylation and genomic imprinting in mammals / H. Sasaki, N.D. Allen and M.A. Surani --;DNA methylation and cancer / C.H. Spruck, III, W.M. Rideout, III and P.A. Jones --;Repair of 5-methylcytosine deamination damage / K. Wiebauer [and others] --;Gene methylation patterns and expression / A. Yeivin and A. Razin.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The explosive increase in the number of publications dealing with DNA methylation attests to its importance and makes it impossible to write a comprehensive coverage of the literature within the scope of a general review. Since the publication of the 3 most recent books dealing with the subject (DNA methylation by Razin A.