Errors in the bisulfite conversion of DNA: Modulating inappropriate- and failed-conversion frequencies

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Genereux, Diane P ^a   Johnson, Winslow C ^a   Burden, Alice F ^a   Stöger, Reinhard ^a   Laird, Charles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; HYDROGEN SULFITE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SULFITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFITES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 58749087364     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn691     Document Type: Article

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