Elucidation of mechanisms that coordinate cell memory inheritance with DNA replication
Tuesday, March 17, 2020 - 10:10
in Biology & Nature
Why do normal cells turn into cancer cells? One of the factors is deeply related to the failure of the cell differentiation mechanism called DNA methylation. The joint research groups of The Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo, Yokohama City University, and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) have clarified new mechanism for controlling DNA methylation in cells.