title: Enhanc(er)ing Skin Stem Cells.
abstract: In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Rinaldi et al. (2016) find an unexpected role for the de novo DNA methyltransferases Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b in the regulation of enhancers. Their findings provide new insight into how regulation of enhancer activity through DNA methylation can have dramatic consequences on epidermal stem cell fate decisions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0869, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0869, USA; UCSD Stem Cell Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0869, USA.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0869, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0869, USA; UCSD Stem Cell Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0869, USA. Electronic address: gsen@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: George L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Sen
mesh_terms: D004248:DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D019175:DNA Methylation; D013234:Stem Cells
chemical_list: D004248:DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases