This chapter presents a personal account of the work on DNA methylation …

• Abstract
• The de novo methylation of integrated foreign DNA
• Inverse correlations between promoter activity and methylation
• Site-specific promoter methylation and gene silencing
• Patterns of DNA methylation in the human genome
• Alterations of cellular DNA methylation upon foreign DNA insertion
• Studies on transgenic mice: stability of patterns of DNA methylation and genetic background in different strains of mice
• Fate of food-ingested DNA in the gastrointestinal tract of mice
• Synopsis and conclusions
• References

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