| Literature DB >> 18987807 |
Tibor A Rauch1, Gerd P Pfeifer.
Abstract
DNA methylation patterns are often altered in human cancer and aberrant methylation is considered a hallmark of malignant transformation. Several methods have been developed for the characterization of gene-specific and genome-wide DNA methylation patterns. In this chapter, we describe the methylated-CpG island recovery assay (MIRA), which is based on the high affinity of the MBD2b/MBD3L1 complex for double-stranded CpG-methylated DNA. MIRA has been used in combination with microarray platforms to map DNA methylation patterns across the human genome.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 18987807 PMCID: PMC2824570 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-522-0_6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methods Mol Biol ISSN: 1064-3745