Intermediate DNA methylation is a conserved signature of genome regulation

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Elliott, Ginell ^a   Hong, Chibo ^b   Xing, Xiaoyun ^a   Zhou, Xin ^a   Li, Daofeng ^a   Coarfa, Cristian ^c   Bell, Robert J A ^b   Maire, Cecile L ^d   Ligon, Keith L ^d   Sigaroudinia, Mahvash ^e   Gascard, Philippe ^e   Tlsty, Thea D ^e   Harris, R Alan ^c   Schalkwyk, Leonard C ^f   Bilenky, Misha ^g   Mill, Jonathan ^h,i   Farnham, Peggy J ^j   Kellis, Manolis ^k   Marra, Marco A ^g   Milosavljevic, Aleksandar ^c   Hirst, Martin ^g,l   Stormo, Gary D ^a   Wang, Ting ^a   Costello, Joseph F ^b   more..

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^g BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I;

ALLELE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GENOMICS; METHYLATION;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; EXON; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONE CODE; HUMAN GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SYNTENY;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENOMICS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HISTONE CODE; HUMANS; MICE; SYNTENY;

EID: 84923345958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7363     Document Type: Article

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