A new in vivo study uncovers how DNA methylation at non-canonical CpG-containing Cdx2 motifs fine-tunes transcription factor binding and enhancer activation during intestinal development. We demonstrate that selective methylation modulates Cdx2 occupancy, ultimately dictating developmental gene expression programs in intestinal epithelial cells.
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