Open AccessTargeting dna methylation to the genome
Author(s) -
Patrick C.H. Lo
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
biotechniques/biotechniques
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.617
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1940-9818
pISSN - 0736-6205
DOI - 10.2144/000114203
Subject(s) - dna methylation , epigenetics , human genome , biology , genetics , dna , epigenomics , methylation , genome , computational biology , gene , gene expression
Proving direct relationships between DNA alterations and phenotypes is challenging. For epigenetics researchers, linking DNA methylation with human disease is no exception. But Patrick Lo looks at how two researchers are developing new methods to try to trace the road from DNA methylation to human biology.