Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6113801 | Seminars in Hematology | 2013 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
“Epigenetics” refers to a heritable change in transcriptional status without alteration in the primary nucleotide sequence. Epigenetics provides an extra layer of transcriptional control and plays a crucial role in normal development, as well as in pathological conditions. DNA methylation is one of the best known and well-studied epigenetic modifications. Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling has become recognized as a biologically and clinically important epigenomic assay. In this review, we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the protocols for genome-wide DNA methylation profiling using massively parallel sequencing (MPS) techniques. We will also describe recently discovered DNA modifications, and the protocols to detect these modifications.
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Authors
Masako Suzuki, John M. Greally,