DNMT3B isoforms without catalytic activity stimulate gene body methylation as accessory proteins in somatic cells

De novoDNA methylation is carried out by DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A/B, although DNMT3B isoforms without active catalytic domains are widely expressed. Here, the authors show that DNMT3B isoforms stimulate gene body methylation and re-methylation independently of the isoforms' catalytic activi...

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Main Authors: Christopher E. Duymich, Jessica Charlet, Xiaojing Yang, Peter A. Jones, Gangning Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11453