CpG islands or CpG clusters: how to identify functional GC-rich regions in a genome?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>CpG islands (CGIs), clusters of CpG dinucleotides in GC-rich regions, are often located in the 5' end of genes and considered gene markers. Hackenberg <it>et al</it>. (2006) recently developed a new algorithm, CpGclu...

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Main Authors: Han Leng, Zhao Zhongming
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-02-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/10/65