CyMATE: A new tool for methylation analysis of plant genomic DNA after bisulphite sequencing

Plant Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 526-536

  Hetzl, Jennifer ^a   Foerster, Andrea M ^b   Raidl, Günther ^a   Scheid, Ortrun Mittelsten ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b GREGOR MENDEL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT BIOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bisulphite sequencing; DNA methylation; Epialleles; Methylation analysis software; Non CpG methylation; Plant epigenetics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; DNA; GENES; METHYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION;

BISULPHITE SEQUENCING; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; EPIGENETIC DIVERSITY; POLYPLOID ARABIDOPSIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PLANT DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIPLOIDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME; POLYPLOIDY; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ARABIDOPSIS; DIPLOIDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOME, PLANT; POLYPLOIDY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; TRANSGENES;

COMPUTER PROGRAMS; DATA PROCESSING; METHYLATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547093155     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03152.x     Document Type: Article

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