Viral oncoproteins target the DNA methyltransferases
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Chimeric DNA methyltransferases target DNA methylation to specific DNA sequences and repress expression of target genes
Gene silencing by targeted DNA methylation has potential applications in basic research and therapy. To establish targeted methylation in human cell lines, the catalytic domains (CDs) of mouse Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b DNA methyltransferases (MTases) were fused to different DNA binding domains (DBD) of GAL4 and an engineered Cys2His2 zinc finger domain. We demonstrated that (i) Dense DNA methylation ca...
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عنوان ژورنال: Oncogene
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0950-9232,1476-5594
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209950