Transposable elements shape the evolution of mammalian development

AD Senft, TS Macfarlan - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) promote genetic innovation but also threaten genome stability.
Despite multiple layers of host defence, TEs actively shape mammalian-specific …

The diverse roles of DNA methylation in mammalian development and disease

MVC Greenberg, D Bourc'his - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
DNA methylation is of paramount importance for mammalian embryonic development. DNA
methylation has numerous functions: it is implicated in the repression of transposons and …

Regulation of transposable elements by DNA modifications

Ö Deniz, JM Frost, MR Branco - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
Maintenance of genome stability requires control over the expression of transposable
elements (TEs), whose activity can have substantial deleterious effects on the host …

Staying true to yourself: mechanisms of DNA methylation maintenance in mammals

N Petryk, S Bultmann, T Bartke… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
DNA methylation is essential to development and cellular physiology in mammals. Faulty
DNA methylation is frequently observed in human diseases like cancer and neurological …

Mammalian DNA methyltransferases: new discoveries and open questions

H Gowher, A Jeltsch - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2018 - portlandpress.com
As part of the epigenetic network, DNA methylation is a major regulator of chromatin
structure and function. In mammals, it mainly occurs at palindromic CpG sites, but …

Evolution of DNA methylome diversity in eukaryotes

A de Mendoza, R Lister, O Bogdanovic - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Cytosine DNA methylation (5mC) is a widespread base modification in eukaryotic genomes
with critical roles in transcriptional regulation. In recent years, our understanding of 5mC has …

[HTML][HTML] DNA sequence-dependent activity and base flipping mechanisms of DNMT1 regulate genome-wide DNA methylation

S Adam, H Anteneh, M Hornisch, V Wagner… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
DNA methylation maintenance by DNMT1 is an essential process in mammals but molecular
mechanisms connecting DNA methylation patterns and enzyme activity remain elusive …

Diversity of cytosine methylation across the fungal tree of life

AJ Bewick, BT Hofmeister, RA Powers… - Nature ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
The generation of thousands of fungal genomes is leading to a better understanding of
genes and genomic organization within the kingdom. However, the epigenome, which …

The role of epigenetics in allergy and asthma development

BA Alhamwe, F Alhamdan, A Ruhl… - Current opinion in …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The role of epigenetics in allergy and asthma development : Current Opinion in Allergy and
Clinical Immunology The role of epigenetics in allergy and asthma development : Current …

[HTML][HTML] Widespread conservation and lineage-specific diversification of genome-wide DNA methylation patterns across arthropods

SH Lewis, L Ross, SA Bain, E Pahita, SA Smith… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Cytosine methylation is an ancient epigenetic modification yet its function and extent within
genomes is highly variable across eukaryotes. In mammals, methylation controls …