DNA methylation: evolution of a bacterial immune function into a regulator of gene expression and genome structure in higher eukaryotes.

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Published in Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci on January 30, 1990

Authors

T H Bestor1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.

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