Temporal and regional changes in DNA methylation in the embryonic, extraembryonic and germ cell lineages during mouse embryo development.

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Summary

Stage- and tissue-specific global demethylation and remethylation occurring during embryonic development are shown and it is proposed that much of the methylation observed in somatic tissues acts to stabilize and reinforce prior events that regulate the activity of specific genes, chromosome domains or the X chromosome.

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1987-03-01
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Biology, DNA methylation, Somatic cell, Epigenetics, Methylation

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