A pooling-based approach to mapping genetic variants associated with DNA methylation

Genome Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 907-917

  Kaplow, Irene M ^a,b   MacIsaac, Julia L ^c   Mah, Sarah M ^c   McEwen, Lisa M ^c,d   Kobor, Michael S ^c,d   Fraser, Hunter B ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; ALLELE; BIOLOGY; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN GENOME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84931834126     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.183749.114     Document Type: Article

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