Post-conversion targeted capture of modified cytosines in mammalian and plant genomes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Li, Qing ^a   Suzuki, Masako ^b   Wendt, Jennifer ^c   Patterson, Nicole ^b   Eichten, Steven R ^a   Hermanson, Peter J ^a   Green, Dawn ^c   Jeddeloh, Jeffrey ^c   Richmond, Todd ^c   Rosenbaum, Heidi ^c   Burgess, Daniel ^c   Springer, Nathan M ^a   Greally, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Roche NimbleGen Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; BISULFITE; DINUCLEOTIDE; 5-HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; HYDROGEN SULFITE; SULFITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENOME; POST CONVERSION TARGETED CAPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ALLELE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; DNA SEQUENCE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; PROCEDURES; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MICE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFITES;

EID: 84942244533     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv244     Document Type: Article

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