DNA methylome analysis using short bisulfite sequencing data

Nature Methods

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-151

  Krueger, Felix ^a   Kreck, Benjamin ^b   Franke, Andre ^b   Andrews, Simon R ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; GENOMIC DNA;

ACCURACY; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; COLOR; CPG ISLAND; DNA LIBRARY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; GENE CONVERSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

DNA; DNA METHYLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFITES;

EID: 84856498057     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1828     Document Type: Review

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