Analysis of methylation microarray for tissue specific detection

Gene

Volumn 553, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-41

  Muangsub, Tachapol ^a   Samsuwan, Jarunya ^b   Tongyoo, Pumipat ^a   Kitkumthorn, Nakarin ^c   Mutirangura, Apiwat ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b POLICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

CpG loci; GPL8490; Methylation microarray; Tissue specific methylation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BRAIN TISSUE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; METHYLATION; MUSCLE TISSUE; OVARY; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; TESTIS; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TISSUE SPECIFIC METHYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; BIOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84925224138     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.09.060     Document Type: Article

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