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Longitudinal, genome-scale analysis of DNA methylation in twins from birth to 18 months of age reveals rapid epigenetic change in early life and pair-specific effects of discordance
David
Martino,
Yuk Jin
Loke,
Lavinia
Gordon,
Miina
Ollikainen,
Mark
N
Cruickshank,
Richard
Saffery,
Jeffrey
M
Craig
Genome Biology 2013, 14:R42 (22 May 2013)
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A longitudinal study of DNA methylation in twins at birth and 18 months finds that some loci drift in methylation status
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jMOSAiCS: joint analysis of multiple ChIP-seq datasets
Xin
Zeng,
Rajendran
Sanalkumar,
Emery
H
Bresnick,
Hongda
Li,
Qiang
Chang,
Sunduz
Keles
Genome Biology 2013, 14:R38 (29 April 2013)
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A novel probabilistic method for jointly analyzing multiple ChIP-seq datasets offers an improvement over chromHMM
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Redistribution of H3K27me3 upon DNA hypomethylation results in de-repression of Polycomb-target genes
James
P
Reddington,
Sara
M
Perricone,
Colm
E
Nestor,
Judith
Reichmann,
Neil
A
Youngson,
Masako
Suzuki,
Diana
Reinhardt,
Donncha
S
Dunican,
James
G
Prendegast,
Heidi
Mjoseng,
Bernard
H
Ramsahoye,
Emma
Whitelaw,
John
M
Greally,
Ian
R
Adams,
Wendy
A
Bickmore,
Richard
R
Meehan
Genome Biology 2013, 14:R25 (25 March 2013)
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An intact DNA methylome is required for appropriate Polycomb-mediated gene repression, as revealed by H3K4me3 and PRC2 mapping in hypomethylated cells
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DNA methylation of distal regulatory sites characterizes dysregulation of cancer genes
Dvir
Aran,
Sivan
Sabato,
Asaf
Hellman
Genome Biology 2013, 14:R21 (12 March 2013)
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A new study using an innovative machine learning approach finds that distal gene regulatory sites are hypermethylated in cancers
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The BET protein FSH functionally interacts with ASH1 to orchestrate global gene activity in Drosophila
Tobias
Kockmann,
Moritz
Gerstung,
Tommy
Schlumpf,
Zhu
Xhinzhou,
Daniel
Hess,
Niko
Beerenwinkel,
Christian
Beisel,
Renato
Paro
Genome Biology 2013, 14:R18 (25 February 2013)
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Editor’s summary
The Trithorax group members ASH1 and FSH act as general coactivators of transcription rather than by blocking Polycomb group repression
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The B cell transcription program mediates hypomethylation and overexpression of key genes in Epstein-Barr virus-associated proliferative conversion
Henar
Hernando,
Claire
Shannon-Lowe,
Abul
B
Islam,
Fatima
Al-Shahrour,
Javier
Rodríguez-Ubreva,
Virginia
C
Rodríguez-Cortez,
Biola
M
Javierre,
Cristina
Mangas,
Agustín
F
Fernández,
Maribel
Parra,
Henri-Jacques
Delecluse,
Manel
Esteller,
Eduardo
López-Granados,
Mario
F
Fraga,
Nuria
López-Bigas,
Esteban
Ballestar
Genome Biology 2013, 14:R3 (15 January 2013)
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Editor’s summary
DNA hypomethylation is a key feature of Epstein-Barr virus-associated B cell proliferative transformation, and occurs via a passive demethylation process
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Natural variation of H3K27me3 distribution between two Arabidopsis accessions and its association with flanking transposable elements
Xue
Dong,
Julia
Reimer,
Ulrike
Göbel,
Julia
Engelhorn,
Fei
He,
Heiko
Schoof,
Franziska
Turck
Genome Biology 2012, 13:R117 (19 December 2012)
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Editor’s summary
An analysis of natural variation of H3K27me3 in 2 Arabidopsis thaliana accessions and in their F1 hybrids
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Human genes with CpG island promoters have a distinct transcription-associated chromatin organization
Tanya
Vavouri,
Ben
Lehner
Genome Biology 2012, 13:R110 (27 November 2012)
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A study of the chromatin architecture at promoters reveals different histone modifications at those with CpG islands and those without
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Hog1 bypasses stress-mediated down-regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II redistribution and chromatin remodeling
Mariona
Nadal-Ribelles,
Núria
Conde,
Oscar
Flores,
Juan
González-Vallinas,
Eduardo
Eyras,
Modesto
Orozco,
Eulàlia
de Nadal,
Francesc
Posas
Genome Biology 2012, 13:R106 (18 November 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Hog1 bypasses gene expression regulation by targeting RNA polymerase II machinery and inducing chromatin remodeling at stress-responsive loci
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The birth of the Epitranscriptome: deciphering the function of RNA modifications
Yogesh
Saletore,
Kate
Meyer,
Jonas
Korlach,
Igor
D
Vilfan,
Samie
Jaffrey,
Christopher
E
Mason
Genome Biology 2012, 13:175 (31 October 2012)
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First came genomics, and then epigenomics. But is epitranscriptomics the future? A picture is emerging of RNA methylation's functional importance
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What can epigenomics do for you?
Alexander
Meissner
Genome Biology 2012, 13:420 (23 October 2012)
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Alexander Meissner asks not what you can do for epigenomics, but what epigenomics can do for you
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The allure of the epigenome
Naomi
Attar
Genome Biology 2012, 13:419 (23 October 2012)
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A guide to the articles published in our special issue on epigenomics
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Balance of DNA methylation and demethylation in cancer development
Chun-Xiao
Song,
Chuan
He
Genome Biology 2012, 13:173 (23 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
How this issue's research article on 5hmC, together with other recent work, adds to our understanding of methylation processes in cancer
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The roles of the reprogramming factors Oct4, Sox2 and Klf4 in resetting the somatic cell epigenome during induced pluripotent stem cell generation
Ryan
Schmidt,
Kathrin
Plath
Genome Biology 2012, 13:251 (22 October 2012)
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How a dramatic reorganization of the epigenome ultimately results in the induced pluripotent stem cell state
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Surveying the epigenomic landscape, one base at a time
Gabriel
E
Zentner,
Steven
Henikoff
Genome Biology 2012, 13:250 (22 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
New methods for mapping histones at higher resolution open many new doors in epigenomics research
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DNA methylation studies using twins: what are they telling us?
Jordana
T
Bell,
Tim
D
Spector
Genome Biology 2012, 13:172 (18 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Jordana Bell and Tim Spector on what twin studies can teach us about human epigenetics
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Birds do it, bees do it, worms and ciliates do it too: DNA methylation from unexpected corners of the tree of life
Soojin
V
Yi
Genome Biology 2012, 13:174 (17 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Why this issue's research articles on DNA methylation in nematodes and ciliates are surprising, and what we can learn from them
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Cytosine methylation and hydroxymethylation mark DNA for elimination in Oxytricha trifallax
John
R
Bracht,
David
H
Perlman,
Laura
F
Landweber
Genome Biology 2012, 13:R99 (17 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
DNA hydroxymethylation, via an initial cytosine methylation step, marks loci for genome elimination in the ciliate Oxytricha trifallax
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CHANCE: comprehensive software for quality control and validation of ChIP-seq data
Aaron
Diaz,
Abhinav
Nellore,
Jun
S
Song
Genome Biology 2012, 13:R98 (15 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
A user friendly graphical software package with multiple tools for quality assessment of ChIP-seq data
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Epialleles in plant evolution
Detlef
Weigel,
Vincent
Colot
Genome Biology 2012, 13:249 (11 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Detlef Weigel and Vincent Colot review the role of epialleles in plant biology and evolution
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Aging effects on DNA methylation modules in human brain and blood tissue
Steve
Horvath,
Yafeng
Zhang,
Peter
Langfelder,
René
S
Kahn,
Marco
PM
Boks,
Kristel
van Eijk,
Leonard
H
van den Berg,
Roel
A
Ophoff
Genome Biology 2012, 13:R97 (3 October 2012)
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An age-related co-methylation module in human brain and blood tissue includes genes associated with Alzheimer's disease
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EpiExplorer: live exploration and global analysis of large epigenomic datasets
Konstantin
Halachev,
Hannah
Bast,
Felipe
Albrecht,
Thomas
Lengauer,
Christoph
Bock
Genome Biology 2012, 13:R96 (3 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
A text indexing algorithm enables extremely rapid, global analysis of large epigenomic datasets
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Genome-wide promoter methylation analysis in neuroblastoma identifies prognostic methylation biomarkers
Anneleen
Decock,
Maté
Ongenaert,
Jasmien
Hoebeeck,
Katleen
De Preter,
Gert
Van Peer,
Wim
Van Criekinge,
Ruth
Ladenstein,
Johannes
H
Schulte,
Rosa
Noguera,
Raymond
L
Stallings,
An
Van Damme,
Geneviève
Laureys,
Joëlle
Vermeulen,
Tom
Van Maerken,
Frank
Speleman,
Jo
Vandesompele
Genome Biology 2012, 13:R95 (3 October 2012)
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Multiple approaches are used to identify high-confidence methylation biomarkers for predicting prognosis in neuroblastoma
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Contribution of the epigenetic mark H3K27me3 to functional divergence after whole genome duplication in Arabidopsis
Lidija
Berke,
Gabino
F
Sanchez-Perez,
Berend
Snel
Genome Biology 2012, 13:R94 (3 October 2012)
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H3K27me3 is linked to lower expression divergence yet higher coding sequence divergence following Arabidopsis thaliana's recent whole genome duplication
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Non-genotoxic carcinogen exposure induces defined changes in the 5-hydroxymethylome
John
P
Thomson,
Harri
Lempiäinen,
Jamie
A
Hackett,
Colm
E
Nestor,
Arne
Müller,
Federico
Bolognani,
Edward
J
Oakeley,
Dirk
Schübeler,
Rémi
Terranova,
Diana
Reinhardt,
Jonathan
G
Moggs,
Richard
R
Meehan
Genome Biology 2012, 13:R93 (3 October 2012)
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5hmC had been hypothesized to function as an intermediate of active demethylation in carcinogenesis; a rodent model now provides confirmation
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