Whole-genome amplification of sodium bisulfite-converted DNA can substantially impact quantitative methylation analysis using pyrosequencing

BioTechniques

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 161-164

  Reins, Jana ^a   Mossner, Maximilian ^c   Richter, Lennart ^a   Kmetsch, Anke ^a   Thiel, Eckhard ^a   Haase, Detlef ^b   Hofmann, Wolf Karsten ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; DNA; SULFITE;

DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PYROSEQUENCING; CHEMISTRY; CPG ISLAND; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GENOME; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; GENOME; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFITES;

EID: 79952954093     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: 19409818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113612     Document Type: Letter

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