Source: /cirosantilli/dna-methylation

= DNA methylation
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The first found and most important known <epigenetic> marker.

Happens only on <adenine> and <cytosine>. <Adenine methylation> is much less common in <mammal> than <cytosine> methylation, when people say "methylation" they often mean just cytosine methylation.

It often happens on <promoters>, where it inhibits <transcription>.