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Expressed Alu repeats as a novel, reliable tool for normalization of real-time quantitative RT-PCR data
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Genome Biology 2010, 11:R9 doi:10.1186/gb-2010-11-1-r9
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Genome Biology 2010, 11:R9 doi:10.1186/gb-2010-11-1-r9
Hypomethylation may change Alu transcription level
Dajun Deng (2010-03-15 15:49) Peking University School of Oncology
It is interesting that expessed Alu repeat may be a good reference for transcription normalization of target genes. However, it is well known that Alu elements in the human genome are hypomethylated in many cases such as cancer tissues and tissues exposed to cytotoxic chemicals and anoxic conditions. It is likely that transcription activity of Alu elements may change due to the hypomethylation, which might reduce the proposed normalization value of Alu transcripts. It will be useful if authors could exclude effect of the hypomethylation on Alu transcription.
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