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DNA methylation

Description

"The covalent transfer of a methyl group to either N-6 of adenine or C-5 or N-4 of cytosine." [GOC:ems, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]

Inverse Relations

maintenance of DNA methylationpart ofDNA methylation

Identifier

GO:0006306
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Hierarchy

gene ontology entity
biological_process
metabolic process
macromolecule metabolic process
biopolymer metabolic process
biopolymer modification
biopolymer methylation
DNA methylation
DNA methylation during embryonic development
DNA methylation during gametogenesis
DNA methylation on adenine
DNA methylation on cytosine
protein amino acid methylation
RNA methylation
DNA modification
DNA alkylation
DNA methylation
DNA methylation during embryonic development
DNA methylation during gametogenesis
DNA methylation on adenine
DNA methylation on cytosine
DNA metabolic process
DNA modification
DNA alkylation
DNA methylation
DNA methylation during embryonic development
DNA methylation during gametogenesis
DNA methylation on adenine
DNA methylation on cytosine
cellular metabolic process
one-carbon compound metabolic process
methylation
biopolymer methylation
DNA methylation
DNA methylation during embryonic development
DNA methylation during gametogenesis
DNA methylation on adenine
DNA methylation on cytosine
protein amino acid methylation
RNA methylation
nucleobase, nucleoside, nucleotide and nucleic acid metabolic process
DNA metabolic process
DNA modification
DNA alkylation
DNA methylation
DNA methylation during embryonic development
DNA methylation during gametogenesis
DNA methylation on adenine
DNA methylation on cytosine
primary metabolic process
nucleobase, nucleoside, nucleotide and nucleic acid metabolic process
DNA metabolic process
DNA modification
DNA alkylation
DNA methylation
DNA methylation during embryonic development
DNA methylation during gametogenesis
DNA methylation on adenine
DNA methylation on cytosine
cellular process
cellular metabolic process
one-carbon compound metabolic process
methylation
biopolymer methylation
DNA methylation
DNA methylation during embryonic development
DNA methylation during gametogenesis
DNA methylation on adenine
DNA methylation on cytosine
protein amino acid methylation
RNA methylation
nucleobase, nucleoside, nucleotide and nucleic acid metabolic process
DNA metabolic process
DNA modification
DNA alkylation
DNA methylation
DNA methylation during embryonic development
DNA methylation during gametogenesis
DNA methylation on adenine
DNA methylation on cytosine
biological regulation
regulation of biological process
regulation of gene expression, epigenetic
DNA methylation
DNA methylation during embryonic development
DNA methylation during gametogenesis
DNA methylation on adenine
DNA methylation on cytosine
dosage compensation
imprinting
negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic
positive regulation of gene expression, epigenetic
posttranscriptional gene silencing
regulation of protein activity, epigenetic
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