CG Dinucleotides of class II MHC genes are mutation hot-spots. 1988

R Gambari, and R Piva, and S Volinia, and P Orlando, and C Nastruzzi, and P Giacomini, and P G Natali, and R Barbieri
Istituto di Chimica Biologica, Università di Ferrara, Italy.

DNA methylation of human class II genes of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) was correlated with gene expression and methyl-related CG → TG and CG → CA changes. It was found that cytosine methylation of the CG dinucleotides of MHC class II genes should be involved in generating a fraction of nucleotide polymorphism, rather than in controlling transcription.

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