Research highlight
Balance of DNA methylation and demethylation in cancer development
Author affiliations
Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Genome Biology 2012, 13:173 doi:10.1186/gb-2012-13-10-173
Published: 23 October 2012Abstract
Genome-wide 5-hydroxymethylome analysis of a rodent hepatocarcinogen model reveals that 5-hydroxymethylcytosine-dependent active DNA demethylation may be functionally important in the early stages of carcinogenesis.
See research article http://genomebiology.com/2012/13/10/R93 webcite
