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CpG island: a standalone construct

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Genomics

short stretches of DNA rich in unmethylated CpG pairs, typically found at gene promoters, standing out from the CpG-poor bulk genome.

In genomics, CpG island refers to short stretches of DNA rich in unmethylated CpG pairs, typically found at gene promoters, standing out from the CpG-poor bulk genome. This meaning comes from Bird (1986) in Nature.[1]

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bulk2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs CpG island methylator phenotype1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct CpG island shore1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Bird, A. P. (1986). CpG-rich islands and the function of DNA methylation. Nature, 321(6067), 209-213. https://doi.org/10.1038/321209a0

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