Next generation sequencing in epigenetics: Insights and challenges

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-199

  Meaburn, Emma ^a   Schulz, Reiner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Histone modification; Next generation sequencing; Transcription

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; METAZOON; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 84858794353     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2011.10.010     Document Type: Review

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