Quantitation of DNA methylation by melt curve analysis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Methylation of DNA is a common mechanism for silencing genes, and aberrant methylation is increasingly being implicated in many diseases such as cancer. There is a need for robust, inexpensive methods to quantitate methylation across...

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Main Authors: Jones Michael E, Smith Eric, Drew Paul A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-04-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/9/123