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DNA methylation study

Methods

- methylation-specific PCR
- mcrBC/HpaII screening method
- bisulfite sequencing
- high-throughput DNA methylation profiling
- DNA methylation by pyrosequencing

Biotechnology companies

- Varionostic

See also

- DNA methylation
- pyrosequencing
- high-throughput DNA methylation profiling

References

- Ushijima T. Detection and interpretation of altered methylation patterns in cancer cells. Nat Rev Cancer. 2005 Mar;5(3):223-31. PMID: #15719030#

- Lindsey JC, Lusher ME, Anderton JA, Bailey S, Gilbertson RJ, Pearson AD, Ellison DW, Clifford SC. Identification of tumour-specific epigenetic events in medulloblastoma development by hypermethylation profiling. Carcinogenesis. 2003 Dec 19 PMID: #14688019#

- Laird PW. The power and the promise of DNA methylation markers. Nat Rev Cancer. 2003 Apr;3(4):253-66. PMID: #12671664#