DNA methylation, a hand behind neurodegenerative disease

Epigenetic alterations represent a sort of functional modifications related to the genome that are not responsible for changes in the nucleotide sequence. DNA methylation is one of such epigenetic modifications that are intensively studied during several decades. The transfer of a methyl group to th...

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Main Authors: Haoyang eLu, Xinzhou eLiu, Yulin eDeng, Hong eQing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2013.00085/full