Cloning and characterization of a family of novel mammalian DNA (cytosine-5) methyltransferases

@article{Okano1998CloningAC,
  title={Cloning and characterization of a family of novel mammalian DNA (cytosine-5) methyltransferases},
  author={Masaki Okano and Shaoping Xie and En Li},
  journal={Nature Genetics},
  year={1998},
  volume={19},
  pages={219-220}
}
Cloning and characterization of a family of novel mammalian DNA (cytosine-5) methyltransferases 
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