A novel CpG island set identifies tissue-specific methylation at developmental gene loci

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 0037-0051

  Illingworth, Robert ^a   Kerr, Alastair ^a   DeSousa, Dina ^a   Jørgensen, Helle ^b   Ellis, Peter ^c   Stalker, Jim ^c   Jackson, David ^c   Clee, Chris ^c   Plumb, Robert ^c   Rogers, Jane ^c   Humphray, Sean ^c   Cox, Tony ^c   Langford, Cordelia ^c   Bird, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PROMOTER REGION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHROMOSOME MAP; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 38949212693     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060022     Document Type: Article

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