DNA Methylation

"DNA Methylation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Addition of methyl groups to DNA. DNA methyltransferases (DNA methylases) perform this reaction using S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE as the methyl group donor.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "DNA Methylation" by people in this website by year, and whether "DNA Methylation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 1413 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 84 publications in 2013 and 2018
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