CpG islands – ‘A rough guide’
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- 17 April 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley
- Vol. 583 (11) , 1713-1720
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2009.04.012
Abstract
Mammalian genomes are punctuated by DNA sequences containing an atypically high frequency of CpG sites termed CpG islands (CGIs). CGIs generally lack DNA methylation and associate with the majority o...Keywords
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