DNA Methyltransferases - Role and Function /

This 2nd edition of the book on DNA methyltransferases has been comprehensively updated to reflect many novel research findings regarding the structure, function, and technology of these enzymes that have emerged over the past 6 years. As the previous edition, this 2nd edition explains the biochemic...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Jeltsch, Albert (Editor), Jurkowska, Renata Z. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
Edition:	2nd ed. 2022.
Series:	Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1389
Subjects:	Cytology. Epigenetics. Medical genetics. Enzymology. Cell Biology. Medical Genetics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Mechanisms and biological roles of DNA methyltransferases and DNA methylation - from past achievements to future challenges
Chapter 2.Bacterial DNA Methylation and Methylomes
Chapter 3. ChapterDomain Structure of the Dnmt1, Dnmt3a, and Dnmt3b DNA Methyltransferases
Chapter 4. Enzymology of Mammalian DNA Methyltransferases
Chapter 5. Genetic Studies on Mammalian DNA Methyltransferase
Chapter 6. Structure and Mechanism of Plant DNA Methyltransferases
Chapter 7. DNA Methylation in Honey Bees and the Unresolved Questions in Insect Methylomics
Chapter 8. N6-Methyladenine: A Conserved and Dynamic DNA Mark
Chapter 9. Pathways of DNA Demethylation
Chapter 10. Structure and Function of TET Enzymes
Chapter 11.Proteins That Read DNA Methylation
Chapter 12. Recent advances on DNA base flipping - a general mechanism for writing, reading, and erasing DNA modifications.-Chapter 13. The Role of DNA Methylation in Cancer
Chapter 14. DNMTs and DNA damage
Chapter 15. Role of DNMTs in brain
Chapter 16. Current and Emerging Technologies for the Analysis of the Genome-Wide and Locus-Specific DNA Methylation Patterns.-Chapter 17. Inhibitors of DNA methylation
Chapter 18. Rewriting DNA Methylation Signatures at Will: The Curable Genome Within Reach?
Chapter 19. DNA Labeling Using DNA Methyltransferases.