DNA methylation: Bidding the CpG island goodbye.
basic_science · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 23467495.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.00593 and PMC identifier 3582987.
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Abstract
Experiments on seven vertebrates suggest that identifying the locations of islands of non-methylated DNA provides more insights into evolutionarily-conserved epigenetic regulatory elements than studies of CpG islands.
Medical subject headings
- CpG Islands
- DNA
- DNA Methylation