hypermethylation of CpG island (Q21095664)
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An increase in the epigenetic methylation of cytosine and adenosine residues in a CpG island in DNA. CpG islands are genomic regions that contain a high frequency of the CG dinucleotide and are often associated with the transcription start site of ge
- DNA hypermethylation of CpG island
- GO:0044027
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| English | hypermethylation of CpG island |
An increase in the epigenetic methylation of cytosine and adenosine residues in a CpG island in DNA. CpG islands are genomic regions that contain a high frequency of the CG dinucleotide and are often associated with the transcription start site of ge |
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