DNA methylation profiling of human chromosomes 6, 20 and 22

Nature Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1378-1385

  Eckhardt, Florian ^a   Lewin, Joern ^a   Cortese, Rene ^a   Rakyan, Vardhman K ^b   Attwood, John ^b   Burger, Matthias ^a   Burton, John ^b   Cox, Tony V ^b   Davies, Rob ^b   Down, Thomas A ^b   Haefliger, Carolina ^a   Horton, Roger ^b   Howe, Kevin ^b   Jackson, David K ^b   Kunde, Jan ^a,c   Koenig, Christoph ^a   Liddle, Jennifer ^b   Niblett, David ^b   Otto, Thomas ^a   Pettett, Roger ^b   Seemann, Stefanie ^a   Thompson, Christian ^a   West, Tony ^b   Rogers, Jane ^b   Olek, Alex ^a   Berlin, Kurt ^a   Beck, Stephan ^b   more..

^a EPIGENOMICS AG   (Germany)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33751505540     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1909     Document Type: Article

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