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Steroid hormone dependent changes in DNA methylation and its significance for the activation or silencing of specific genes

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Steroid hormones are known to be directly involved in the differentiation of organs and tissues and to modulate the expression of specific genes. For the differentiation of specific tissues, methylation and demethylation of DNA may play an important role (Holliday, 1990), whereas for the modulation of gene expression specific steroid receptors rather than methylation of DNA have the key role.

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Jost, J.P., Saluz, H.P. (1993). Steroid hormone dependent changes in DNA methylation and its significance for the activation or silencing of specific genes. In: Jost, JP., Saluz, HP. (eds) DNA Methylation. EXS, vol 64. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9118-9_19

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