Forced expression of DNA methyltransferases during oocyte growth accelerates the establishment of methylation imprints but not functional genomic imprinting

High-resolution DNA methylome analysis of primordial germ cells identifies gender-specific reprogramming in mice

(2013) H. Kobayashi et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Long exposure to mature ooplasm can alter DNA methylation at imprinted loci in non-growing oocytes but not in prospermatogonia

(2013) Yayoi Obata et al.   REPRODUCTION

Contribution of Intragenic DNA Methylation in Mouse Gametic DNA Methylomes to Establish Oocyte-Specific Heritable Marks

(2012) Hisato Kobayashi et al.   PLoS Genetics

Histone tails regulate DNA methylation by allosterically activating de novo methyltransferase

(2011) Bin-Zhong Li et al.   CELL RESEARCH

Epigenetically Immature Oocytes Lead to Loss of Imprinting During Embryogenesis

(2011) Yayoi OBATA et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Transcription Is Required to Establish Maternal Imprinting at the Prader-Willi Syndrome and Angelman Syndrome Locus

(2011) Emily Y. Smith et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genetic evidence for Dnmt3a-dependent imprinting during oocyte growth obtained by conditional knockout withZp3-Cre and complete exclusion of Dnmt3b by chimera formation

(2010) Masahiro Kaneda et al.   GENES TO CELLS

Transcription is required for establishment of germline methylation marks at imprinted genes

(2009) M. Chotalia et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Multilocus methylation analysis in a large cohort of 11p15-related foetal growth disorders (Russell Silver and Beckwith Wiedemann syndromes) reveals simultaneous loss of methylation at paternal and maternal imprinted loci

(2009) Salah Azzi et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

KDM1B is a histone H3K4 demethylase required to establish maternal genomic imprints

(2009) David N. Ciccone et al.   NATURE

A Maternal-Zygotic Effect Gene, Zfp57, Maintains Both Maternal and Paternal Imprints

(2008) Xiajun Li et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Hypomethylation of multiple imprinted loci in individuals with transient neonatal diabetes is associated with mutations in ZFP57

(2008) Deborah J G Mackay et al.   NATURE GENETICS

QUMA: quantification tool for methylation analysis

(2008) Y. Kumaki et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH