Review
Nature Reviews Genetics 6, 597-610 (August 2005) | doi:10.1038/nrg1655
DNA methylation and human disease
Keith D. Robertson1 About the author
Abstract
DNA methylation is a crucial epigenetic modification of the genome that is involved in regulating many cellular processes. These include embryonic development, transcription, chromatin structure, X chromosome inactivation, genomic imprinting and chromosome stability. Consistent with these important roles, a growing number of human diseases have been found to be associated with aberrant DNA methylation. The study of these diseases has provided new and fundamental insights into the roles that DNA methylation and other epigenetic modifications have in development and normal cellular homeostasis.
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shands Cancer Center, University of Florida, Box 100245, 1600 S.W. Archer Road, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA.
Email: keithr@ufl.edu
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