DNA Methylation Detection: Bisulfite Genomic Sequencing Analysis

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 791, Issue , 2011, Pages 11-21

  Li, Yuanyuan ^a   Tollefsbol, Trygve O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisulfite genomic sequencing; DNA methylation; Epigenetics

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYDROGEN SULFITE; SULFITE;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOMICS; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; GENOMICS; LABORATORIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFITES;

EID: 80054759356     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-316-5_2     Document Type: Chapter

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