DNA Methyltransferases - Role and Function
Erschienen am 6. Juli 2018
Buch
Softcover
VIII, 535 Seiten
978-3-319-82870-1 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
DNA methyltransferases are important enzymes in a broad range of organisms. Dysfunction of DNA methyltransferases in humans leads to many severe diseases, including cancer. This book focuses on the biochemical properties of these enzymes, describing their structures and mechanisms in bacteria, humans and other species, including plants, and also explains the biological processes of reading of DNA methylation and DNA demethylation. It covers many emerging aspects of the biological roles of DNA methylation functioning as an essential epigenetic mark and describes the role of DNA methylation in diseases. Moreover, the book explains modern technologies, like targeted rewriting of DNA methylation by designed DNA methyltransferases, as well as technological applications of DNA methyltransferases in DNA labelling. Finally, the book summarizes recent methods for the analysis of DNA methylation in human DNA. Overall, this book represents a comprehensive state-of-the-art- work and is a must-havefor advanced researchers in the field of DNA methylation and epigenetics.
Weitere Details
Reihe
Auflage
Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2016 ed.
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Cham
Schweiz
Verlagsgruppe
Springer International Publishing
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
4 s/w Abbildungen, 57 farbige Abbildungen
VIII, 535 p. 61 illus., 57 illus. in color.
Maße
Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 155 mm
Dicke: 28 mm
Gewicht
913 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-319-82870-1 (9783319828701)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-43624-1
Schweitzer Klassifikation
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Andere Ausgaben
Albert Jeltsch | Renata Z. Jurkowska
DNA Methyltransferases - Role and Function
Buch
11/2016
1. Auflage
Springer
235,39 €
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Personen
Albert Jeltsch is Pofessor for Biochemistry at the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Renata Jurkowska is Group Leader in Biochemistry and Molecular Epigenetics at the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Inhalt
Mechanisms and biological roles of DNA methylation and DNA methyltransferases - from past achievements to future challenges.- DNA and RNA pyrimidine nucleobase alkylation at the carbon-5 position.- Bacterial DNA methylation and methylomes.- Domain structure of the Dnmt1, Dnmt3a, and Dnmt3b DNA methyltransferases.- Enzymology of mammalian DNA methyltransferases.- Genetic studies on mammalian DNA methyltransferases.- The role of DNA methylation in cancer.- Structure and mechanism of plant DNA methyltransferases.- DNA methylation and gene regulation in honey bees: from genome-wide analyses to obligatory epi-alleles.- N6-methyladenine: a conserved and dynamic DNA mark.- Pathways of DNA demethylation.- Structure and function of TET enzymes.- Proteins that read DNA methylation.- DNA base flipping - a general mechanism for writing, reading, and erasing DNA modifications.- Current and emerging technologies for the analysis of the genome-wide and locus-specific DNA methylation patterns.- DNA methyltransferase inhibitors - development and applications.- Rewriting DNA methylation signatures at will: the curable genome within reach?.- Engineering and directed evolution of DNA methyltransferases.- DNA labeling using DNA methyltransferases.