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Epigenetic Mechanisms
Epigenetics are inheritance mechanisms that lie outside the DNA sequence of our genes.
- DNA methylation - usually associated with 5-methylcytosine (m5C), leads to transcriptional silencing in vertebrates.
- Modification of nucleosomal histones.
Reference
Qiu J. (2006). Epigenetics: unfinished symphony. Nature , 441, 143-5. PMID: 16688142 DOI.
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