A methylated DNA molecule (IMAGE)

CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

A methylated DNA molecule

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DNA methylation is a key component of epigenetics and controls which genes of a cell can be activated.

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Christoph Bock, CeMM

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