Epigenetics protocols /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tollefsbol, Trygve O.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2004]
Series:Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) ; v. 287.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Methods of epigenetic analysis
  • Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays
  • Native chromatin immunoprecipitation
  • Q-PCR in combination with ChIP assays to detect changes in chromatin acetylation
  • Restriction endonuclease accessibility as a determinant of altered chromatin structure
  • Measuring changes in chromatin using micrococcal nuclease
  • DNasel hypersensitivity analysis of chromatin structure
  • Inhibition of histone deacetylases
  • Site-specific analysis of histone methylation and acetylation
  • Analysis of mammalian telomere position effect
  • Activity assays for poly-ADP ribose polymerase 1
  • Multigenerational selection and detection of altered histone acetylation and methylation patterns : toward a quantitative epigenetics in Drosophila
  • Profiling DNA methylation by bisulfite genomic sequencing : problems and solutions
  • Methylation-sensitive single-strand conformation analysis : a rapid method to screen for and analyze DNA methylation
  • SIRPH analysis : SNuPE with IP-RP-HPLC for quantitative measurements of DNA methylation at specific CpG sites
  • Real-time PCR-based assay for quantitative determination of methylation status
  • Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis to detect methylation changes in DNA
  • Photocrosslinking oligonucleotide hybridization assay for concurrent gene dosage and CpG methylation analysis
  • Methylation-specific oligonucleotide microarray
  • Methylation-specific PCR in situ hybridization
  • Realtive quantitation of DNA methyltrasnferase mRNA by real-time RT-PCR assay
  • DMB (DNMT-Magnetic Beads) assay : measuring DNA methyltransferase activity in vitro