Bisprimer - A program for the design of primers for bisulfite-based genomic sequencing of both plant and mammalian DNA samples

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 308-312

  Kovacova, Viera ^a   Janousek, Bohuslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

bisulfite; cytosine methylation; DNA methylation; genomic sequencing; primers

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; MAMMALS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; SULFITES;

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84857554348     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esr137     Document Type: Article

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