TY - JOUR AU - Zhao, Yu AU - Sun, Hao AU - Wang, Huating PY - 2016 DA - 2016/07/11 TI - Long noncoding RNAs in DNA methylation: new players stepping into the old game JO - Cell & Bioscience SP - 45 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are being discovered as a novel family of regulators of gene expression at the epigenetic level. Emerging lines of evidence demonstrate that interplays between lncRNAs and DNA methylation machinery are an important layer of epigenetic regulation. Here in this mini-review we summarize the current findings in the field and focus particularly on the interactions mediated through direct physical association between lncRNAs and DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs). SN - 2045-3701 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13578-016-0109-3 DO - 10.1186/s13578-016-0109-3 ID - Zhao2016 ER -