Single base-resolution methylome of the silkworm reveals a sparse epigenomic map

Hui Xiang; Jingde Zhu; Quan Chen; Fangyin Dai; Xin Li; Muwang Li; Hongyu Zhang; Guojie Zhang; Dong Li; Yang Dong; Li Zhao; Ying Lin; Daojun Cheng; Jian Yu; Jinfeng Sun; Xiaoyu Zhou; Kelong Ma; Yinghua He; Yangxing Zhao; Shicheng Guo; Mingzhi Ye; Guangwu Guo; Yingrui Li; Ruiqiang Li; Xiuqing Zhang; Lijia Ma; Karsten Kristiansen; Qiuhong Guo; Jianhao Jiang; Stephan Beck; Qingyou Xia; Wen Wang; Jun Wang

doi:10.1038/nbt.1626

Single base-resolution methylome of the silkworm reveals a sparse epigenomic map

Hui Xiang, Jingde Zhu, Quan Chen, Fangyin Dai, Xin Li, Muwang Li, Hongyu Zhang, Guojie Zhang, Dong Li, Yang Dong, Li Zhao, Ying Lin, Daojun Cheng, Jian Yu, Jinfeng Sun, Xiaoyu Zhou, Kelong Ma, Yinghua He, Yangxing Zhao, Shicheng GuoMingzhi Ye, Guangwu Guo, Yingrui Li, Ruiqiang Li, Xiuqing Zhang, Lijia Ma, Karsten Kristiansen, Qiuhong Guo, Jianhao Jiang, Stephan Beck, Qingyou Xia, Wen Wang, Jun Wang

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Udgivelsesdato: 2010-May

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Nature Biotechnology
Vol/bind	28
Udgave nummer	5
Sider (fra-til)	516-20
Antal sider	4
ISSN	1087-0156
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.1626
Status	Udgivet - maj 2010

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Xiang, H, Zhu, J, Chen, Q, Dai, F, Li, X, Li, M, Zhang, H, Zhang, G, Li, D, Dong, Y, Zhao, L, Lin, Y, Cheng, D, Yu, J, Sun, J, Zhou, X, Ma, K, He, Y, Zhao, Y, Guo, S, Ye, M, Guo, G, Li, Y, Li, R, Zhang, X, Ma, L, Kristiansen, K, Guo, Q, Jiang, J, Beck, S, Xia, Q, Wang, W & Wang, J 2010, 'Single base-resolution methylome of the silkworm reveals a sparse epigenomic map', Nature Biotechnology, bind 28, nr. 5, s. 516-20. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.1626

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Single base-resolution methylome of the silkworm reveals a sparse epigenomic map

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