CpG islands: Algorithms and applications in methylation studies

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 382, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 643-645

  Zhao, Zhongming ^a,b   Han, Leng ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CG clusters; CpG cluster; CpG island; Epigenetics; Methylation; Prediction algorithm; Promoter

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA;

ALGORITHM; CARCINOGENESIS; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 64549124715     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.03.076     Document Type: Short Survey

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