Genome-wide assays that identify and quantify modified cytosines in human disease studies

Epigenetics and Chromatin

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ulahannan, Netha ^a   Greally, John M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 methylcytosine; Assay; CpG island; DNA methylation; Enhancer; Epigenomic; Microarray

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84928712138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17568935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-8935-8-5     Document Type: Review

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