| id | GO:0006306 Detailed information |
|---|---|
| name | DNA methylation |
| namespace | biological_process |
| def | "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"] |
| subset | gosubset_prok |
| xref | Wikipedia:DNA_methylation |
| is_a | GO:0006305 ! DNA alkylation |
| is_a | GO:0040029 ! regulation of gene expression, epigenetic |
| is_a | GO:0043414 ! macromolecule methylation |