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DNA Methylation: Bisulphite Modification and Analysis
Published on: October 21, 2011
Nature Genetics
|February 2, 2000
Abstract:
Restriction landmark genomic scanning applied to a broad variety of cancer types can disclose tumour-specific and tumour-type-specific global methylation profiles. This and other genome-scanning approaches allows the rapid analysis of methylation profiles of thousands of genes in parallel-and promises to identify new genes critical to carcinogenesis and other biological processes.
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Epigenetic Regulation
Epigenetic mechanisms play an essential role in healthy development. Conversely, precisely regulated epigenetic mechanisms are disrupted in diseases like cancer.
Epigenetic Regulation
Epigenetic mechanisms play an essential role in healthy development. Conversely, precisely regulated epigenetic mechanisms are disrupted in diseases like cancer.

