A simple algorithm for quantifying DNA methylation levels on multiple independent CpG sites in bisulfite genomic sequencing electropherograms

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Leakey, Tatiana I ^a   Zielinski, Jerzy ^a,b   Siegfried, Rachel N ^a   Siegel, Eric R ^b   Fan, Chun Yang ^a,b   Cooney, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; DNA; THYMINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; HYDROGEN SULFITE; SULFITE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMBINED BISULFITE RESTRICTION ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENOMICS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFITES; THYMINE;

EID: 46349098081     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn210     Document Type: Article

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