title: Cytosine methylation in gene-silencing mechanisms.
abstract: Cytosine methylation is associated with gene-silencing mechanisms in a number of eukaryotic organisms. Recent studies directed at the involvement of methylation in promoter inactivation, X-chromosome and duplicate sequence inactivation and in chromatin structure changes, are presented.
authors.affiliation: Plant Biology Department, University of California Berkeley 94720.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chomet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002843:Chromatin / Q000502:physiology; D003596:Cytosine; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008745:Methylation; D008957:Models, Genetic
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D003596:Cytosine; D004247:DNA