Studying the epigenome using next generation sequencing

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 721-730

  Ku, Chee Seng ^a,b   Naidoo, Nasheen ^b   Wu, Mengchu ^a   Soong, Richie ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; CYTOSINE;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MICROARRAY; EPIGENETICS; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TECHNOLOGY; HEREDITY; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, INTERGENIC; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HISTONES; HUMANS; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 81055157018     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: 14686244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2011-100242     Document Type: Review

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