2018
Targets and genomic constraints of ectopic Dnmt3b expression
Zhang Y, Charlton J, Karnik R, Beerman I, Smith ZD, Gu H, Boyle P, Mi X, Clement K, Pop R, Gnirke A, Rossi DJ, Meissner A. Targets and genomic constraints of ectopic Dnmt3b expression. ELife 2018, 7: e40757. PMID: 30468428, PMCID: PMC6251628, DOI: 10.7554/elife.40757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA methylationCpG islandsDe novo DNA methyltransferase DNMT3BCertain CpG islandsDNA methyltransferase DNMT3BGenome-wide dataCpG island hypermethylationDifferent cell typesMammalian genomesChromatin landscapeGenomic constraintsTranscriptional statesCancer methylomeMethyltransferase DNMT3BBisulfite sequencingGenomic targetsIsland hypermethylationResponsible enzymeDNMT3B expressionAberrant methylationDNMT3BMethylationCell typesH3K27me3Essential role
2009
High-throughput bisulfite sequencing in mammalian genomes
Smith ZD, Gu H, Bock C, Gnirke A, Meissner A. High-throughput bisulfite sequencing in mammalian genomes. Methods 2009, 48: 226-232. PMID: 19442738, PMCID: PMC2864123, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2009.05.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA methylationHigh-throughput bisulfite sequencingCritical epigenetic markCpG-dense regionsGenome-wide distributionArray-based technologiesMammalian genomesEpigenetic marksMammalian developmentGenomic regionsRRBS librariesBisulfite sequencingMethylome profilingSequencing librariesRRBS librarySequence analysisMethylationRestriction digestionSequencingGenomeLibraryRelative coverageMspIProfilingSample throughput