MetMap enables genome-scale methyltyping for determining methylation states in populations

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Singer, Meromit ^a   Boffelli, Dario ^b   Dhahbi, Joseph ^b   Schönhuth, Alexander ^c   Schroth, Gary P ^d   Martin, David I K ^b   Pachter, Lior ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ILLUMINA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GENES;

BISULFITE-SEQUENCING; COMPARATIVES STUDIES; COST EFFECTIVE; EPIGENETICS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; POPULATION STUDIES; RESOLUTION COSTS; RESTRICTION ENZYMES; SITE-SPECIFIC;

METHYLATION;

BISULFITE; HYDROGEN SULFITE; SULFITE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA METHYLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUTROPHIL; POPULATION GENETICS; PROBABILITY; PROMOTER REGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN GENOME; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

BAYES THEOREM; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEUTROPHILS; POPULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; SULFITES;

EID: 78049414822     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000888     Document Type: Article

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