Heterogeneity and randomness of DNA methylation patterns in human embryonic stem cells

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 893-907

  Tsai, Albert G ^a,c   Chen, Debbie M ^a,b   Lin, Mayin ^a,b   Hsieh, John C F ^a,b   Okitsu, Cindy Y ^a,b   Taghva, Alexander ^a   Shibata, Darryl ^a   Hsieh, Chih Lin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE P1; MAT1A PROTEIN; NTF3 PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DIPLOIDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME; GENOMIC BISULFITE SEQUENCING; HAMMING DISTANCE; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RANDOMIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION;

CELL LINE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84864032985     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: 15577430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2011.1477     Document Type: Article

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