Accurate quantification of DNA methylation using combined bisulfite restriction analysis coupled with the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer platform
DNA methylation is the best-studied epigenetic modification and describes the conversion of cytosine to 5-methylcytosine. The importance of this phenomenon is that aberrant promoter hypermethylation is a common occurrence in cancer and is frequently associated with gene silencing. Various techniques...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2006
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1361623/ |