Biopolym. Cell. 1995; 11(5):5-14.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.0003F4
Methylation and imprinting in mammalian embryogenesis
1Morozova L. M.
  1. Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine
    150, Akademika Zabolotnoho Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03680

Abstract

The author discusses the role of DNA methylation in the processes of imprinting and differentiation in emboyos of early ontogenesis stages.
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