Whole-genome analysis of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine and 5-methylcytosine at base resolution in the human brain

Genome Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Wen, Lu ^a   Li, Xianlong ^a   Yan, Liying ^a,b   Tan, Yuexi ^a   Li, Rong ^a,b   Zhao, Yangyu ^a,b   Wang, Yan ^a,b   Xie, Jingcheng ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a,b   Song, Chunxiao ^c   Yu, Miao ^c   Liu, Xiaomeng ^a   Zhu, Ping ^a   Li, Xiaoyu ^d   Hou, Yu ^a   Guo, Hongshan ^a   Wu, Xinglong ^a   He, Chuan ^c   Li, Ruiqiang ^a,d   Tang, Fuchou ^a,b   Qiao, Jie ^a,b   more..

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; HISTONE H3; 5-HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOSINE; HISTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISULFITE SEQUENCING; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; ENHANCER REGION; EXON; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; MALE; RNA SPLICING; TET ASSISTED BISULFITE SEQUENCING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN GENOME; METABOLISM;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ADULT; BRAIN; CPG ISLANDS; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, ANTISENSE; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, HUMAN; HISTONES; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84899091504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2014-15-3-r49     Document Type: Article

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