DNA methylome in human CD4+ T cells identifies transcriptionally repressive and non-repressive methylation peaks

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 554-560

  Hughes, T ^a   Webb, R ^a   Fei, Y ^a,b   Wren, J D ^a   Sawalha, A H ^a,b,c  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4+ T cell; CpG islands; DNA methylation; methylome; promoter methylation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CPG ISLAND; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOME; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 77958150358     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2010.24     Document Type: Article

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