Table of Contents

The Almost-Forgotten Fifth Nucleotide in DNA: An Introduction.- Pattern Formation.- Replication and Translation of Epigenetic Information.- DNA Methyltransferases: Facts, Clues, Mysteries.- DNA Methylation in Plants.- Determinant of Promoter Activity.- De Novo Methylation, Long-Term Promoter Silencing, Methylation Patterns in the Human Genome, and Consequences of Foreign DNA Insertion.- DNA Methyltransferases.- Establishment and Maintenance of DNA Methylation Patterns in Mammals.- Molecular Enzymology of Mammalian DNA Methyltransferases.- Epigenetic Phenomena.- Familial Hydatidiform Molar Pregnancy: The Germline Imprinting Defect Hypothesis?.- Dual Inheritance.- Mutagenesis and Repair.- Mutagenesis at Methylated CpG Sequences.- Cytosine Methylation and DNA Repair.