Epigenomic analysis of Alu repeats in human ependymomas

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 6952-6957

  Xie, Hehuang ^a,b   Wang, Min ^a,b   Bonaldo, Maria De F ^a,b   Rajaram, Veena ^a,b   Stellpflug, Wendy ^a,b   Smith, Christina ^a   Arndt, Kelly ^a   Goldman, Stewart ^b   Tomita, Tadanori ^a,b   Soares, Marcelo B ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S MEMORIAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisulfite sequencing; DNA methylation; Pediatric brain tumor

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; DNA;

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANCER RELAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; EPENDYMOMA; EPIGENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ALU ELEMENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPENDYMOMA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEOTIDES; PROGNOSIS; SULFITES;

EID: 77951028452     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913836107     Document Type: Article

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