Epigenetics

DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism used by higher eukaryotes and involved in e.g. gene expression, X-Chromosome inactivating, imprinting, and gene silencing of germline specific gene and repetitive elements.

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ATAC-Seq data analysis
DNA Methylation data analysis
Formation of the Super-Structures on the Inactive X
ChIP-seq
Hi-C analysis of Drosophila melanogaster cells using HiCExplorer
Identification of the binding sites of the T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia protein 1 (TAL1)
ChIP-seq
Infinium Human Methylation BeadChip
Introduction to ChIP-Seq data analysis
Introduction to DNA Methylation data analysis

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