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DNA Methylation: Basic Mechanisms

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Walter Doerfler

    1. Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
      Institut für Klinische und Molekulare Virologie, Universität Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

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  2. Petra Böhm

    1. Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany

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Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology (CT MICROBIOLOGY, volume 301)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Almost-Forgotten Fifth Nucleotide in DNA: An Introduction

      • W. Doerfler
      Pages 3-18

  3. Pattern Formation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Replication and Translation of Epigenetic Information

      • A. Brero, H. Leonhardt, M. C. Cardoso
      Pages 21-44

    3. DNA Methyltransferases: Facts, Clues, Mysteries

      • C. Brenner, F. Fuks
      Pages 45-66

    4. DNA Methylation in Plants

      • B. F. Vanyushin
      Pages 67-122

  5. DNA Methyltransferases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Establishment and Maintenance of DNA Methylation Patterns in Mammals

      • T. Chen, E. Li
      Pages 179-201

    3. Molecular Enzymology of Mammalian DNA Methyltransferases

      • A. Jeltsch
      Pages 203-225

  6. Epigenetic Phenomena

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227
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    2. Familial Hydatidiform Molar Pregnancy: The Germline Imprinting Defect Hypothesis?

      • O. El-Maarri, R. Slim
      Pages 229-241

    3. Dual Inheritance

      • R. Holliday
      Pages 243-256

  7. Mutagenesis and Repair

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257
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    2. Mutagenesis at Methylated CpG Sequences

      • G. P. Pfeifer
      Pages 259-281

    3. Cytosine Methylation and DNA Repair

      • C. P. Walsh, G. L. Xu
      Pages 283-315

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 317-324
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany

    Walter Doerfler, Petra Böhm

  • Institut für Klinische und Molekulare Virologie, Universität Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

    Walter Doerfler

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: DNA Methylation: Basic Mechanisms

  • Editors: Walter Doerfler, Petra Böhm

  • Series Title: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31390-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-29114-5Published: 20 December 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06708-2Published: 12 February 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-31390-8Published: 25 February 2006

  • Series ISSN: 0070-217X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-9965

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 324

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Human Genetics

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