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Methylated DNA Immunoprecipitation | |||||||||||||||||
Methylated DNA immunoprecipitation (meDIP) is a large scale antibody-based technique that is used to enrich and capture methylated DNA fragments for use in gene-specific DNA methylation studies on a genome wide scale. Following meDIP approaches, DNA methylation can be analyzed using a variety of downstream applications including meDIP-PCR, meDIP-ChIP, and meDIP-sequencing. | |||||||||||||||||
DNA Methyltransferase & Demethylase Assays | |||||||||||||||||
DNA methyltransferases, or DNMTs, catalyze DNA methylation by adding methyl groups to the 5-carbon position of the cytosine ring, resulting in 5-methylcytosine. The various types of DNMTs are responsible for the maintenance and establishment of DNA methylation patterns. The ten-eleven translocation, or TET, family of 5-mC hydroxylase enzymes including TET1 are responsible for oxidizing 5-methylcytosine into 5-hydroxymethylcytosine. Measuring DNMT and TET amounts, activity, and inhibition levels will allow us to better understand the relationships between cytosine, 5-methylcytosine, and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine as part of the DNA methylation and DNA demethylation cycle. This in turn can help us start to better understand and use these findings to find and fight epigenetic diseases.
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Methylated DNA Amplification | |||||||||||||||||
Methylation specific PCR (MSP or MS-PCR) and bisulfite sequencing are some of the most commonly used methods for analyzing gene or sequence-specific DNA methylation data, usually after bisulfite treatment of DNA. After conversion, selective methylation amplification of a target region of methylated sequences with methylation primers is often necessary in methylation analysis protocols. |
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