TET Proteins: Double Agents in DNA Methylation Prevent Catastrophic Cancer (IMAGE)

La Jolla Institute for Immunology

TET Proteins: Double Agents in DNA Methylation Prevent Catastrophic Cancer

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In TET-deficient cells, a portion of Dnmt3a molecules relocates away from heterochromatin, explaining the seemingly paradoxical loss of methylation in this region of the genome.

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Jenna Hambrick, La Jolla Institute for Immunology

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