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5-Hydroxymethylcytosine, or 5-hmC is a modified form of 5-mC. It has been shown that 5-hmC and the broadly studied 5-mC cannot be distinguished by sodium bisulfite conversion.
Bisulfite Conversion is the use of sodium bisulfite to convert cytosine residues to uracil, but leaving 5-methylcytosine residues unaffected. This allows analysis of DNA methylation patterns.
Bisulfite Conversion allows analysis of DNA methylation patterns. After conversion, amplification of treated DNA is the first step in many methylation analysis protocols.
CpG Island Microarrays use probes to short fragments designed to cover CpG Islands throughout the genome for genome-wide measurement of DNA methylation changes.
DNA Methylases are enzymes that will methylate DNA at certain residues. These can be used create control samples, and/or to help assess the accuracy of a DNA methylation assay
Methylated DNA can be used as a useful control in DNA methylation analysis experiments.
Methylation Dependent Restriction Enzymes cleave DNA at specific methylated-cytosine residues in CpG motifs which have a methyl group, leaving unmethylated DNA intact.
DNA Methylation Enrichment Kits are are optimized systems that bind to methylated DNA. The most common use antibodies (MeDIP) or methyl binding proteins (MBPs).
Methylation Sensitive Restriction Enzymes cleave DNA at specific methylated-cytosine residues in CpG motifs which have lost their methyl group, leaving only hypermethylated DNA intact.
Unlike DNA Methylation Enrichment Kits, DNA Methylation Sequence Enrichment products enable sequence-specific enrichment of genomic regions for targeted DNA methylation studies. These systems are useful for taking deeper looks into targeted regions.
After bisulfite conversion and amplification of samples, sequencing of targeted genomic regions can be used to analyze the methylation patterns within that region.
DNA Methylation Sequencing Services harnesses the power of advanced sequencing techniques to identify the sequences of methylated genomic regions within a given sample.
Methylation Specific PCR (MSP) analysis uses bisulfite-treated DNA but avoids the need to sequence the area of interest.
Methylation Specific qPCR is based on Methylation Specific PCR (MSP), but provides a quantitative analysis using real-time PCR.
Methyltransferase enzymes can be used to methylate sample DNA, or be used to study mechanisms of DNA methylation.
DNA Methyltransferase Kits and Assays
DNA-Protein Binding Assay Kit
Epigenetic Research Instruments are devices that automate or simplify epigenetic techniques and protocols.
Global DNA Methylation Detection provides a method to measure global DNA methylation shifts.
High resolution melting analysis(HRM)is a real-time PCR-based technique to differentiate converted from unconverted bisulfite-treated DNA to asses DNA methylation
MALDI-TOF takes advantage of Mass Spectrometry and Bisulfite Conversions to determine the specific pattern of DNA methylation of CpG sites.
Real-Time Methylation PCR-Methylight assays are used to analyze DNA methylation. MethyLight Assays enable discrimination between unmethylated and methylated sites in the same sample.
MSRE based DNA Methylation qPCR uses restriction enzymes (MSREs)to digest DNA at specific sites according to methylation status, which can then be measured by qPCR.
Nuclear and Cellular Extraction Kits
Whole genome amplification (WGA) is a group of procedures that allow amplification to occur at many locations in an unknown genome.
Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) is a tool for identifying proteins, including histone and non-histone proteins, associated with specific regions of the genome by using antibodies.
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) PCR Assays are PCR primer sets or arrays designed to measure genomic DNA enrichment among ChIP-purified DNA samples.
ChIP-chip & ChIP-seq combine chromatin IP with microarray or sequencing to investigate interactions between proteins and DNA in vivo. These experiments can be run for you as a service.
ChIP-chip is a technique that combines chromatin immunoprecipitation with microarray technology. Like regular ChIP, ChIP-on-chip is used to investigate interactions between proteins and DNA in vivo.
Epigenetic Research Instruments are devices that automate or simplify epigenetic techniques and protocols.
Histone acetyltransferases (HAT) are enzymes that acetylate lysine amino acids on histone proteins and play a crucial role in transcription, differentiation, and proliferation.
Assays to measure and detect to activity of histone deacytlase enzymes (HDAC)
Histone Demethylase Kits and Assays
Histone Methylation Kits and Assays
Histone Methyltransferase Kits and Assays
Histone Peptide Arrays provide a tool to screen antibodies, enzymes and proteins for cross-reactivity or binding interactions with histones and their modifications.
Histone Phosphorylation Kits and Assays
Histone Quantification Kits and Assays
Recombinant histones used to study function of histones and their variants.
Nuclear and Cellular Extraction Kits
Protein Arginine Methylation is a form of epigenetic regulation that effects gene expression via post-translational modifications and the placement of methyl marks on histones and other proteins.
Sumoylation Kits and Assays
Tiling arrays use short fragments designed to cover the entire genome or areas of the genome in gene expression analysis, transcriptome mapping, ChIP-chip, MeDIP-chip,DNase Chip studies and array CGH.
Epigenetic Research Instruments are devices that automate or simplify epigenetic techniques and protocols.
Exosome Isolation Kits enable the collection and processing of exosomes for analysis.
miRNA Analysis Services allow you to take advantage of the expertise companies have developed in the miRNA field to profile miRNA expression in your samples.
miRNA Cloning Kits are used for cloning and identifying miRNAs within a cell or tissue.
miRNA Inhibition techniques are used in functional miRNA studies to assess miRNA regulation after it has been inhibited in a model system.
miRNA linear amplification approaches increase the overall target representation of miRNAs in a given sample.
miRNA Microarray Labeling kits enable you to add fluorescence to the end of miRNAs, or other small RNAs, in your sample so that you can profile their relative abundance by microarray.
miRNA Microarrays allow a researcher to profile the expression of virtually every miRNA in a sample simultaneously on one array slide.
miRNA Over-Expression techniques are used in functional miRNA studies to assess miRNA regulation after it has been introduced into a model system.
miRNA Purification kits make sure you’ll keep the small RNA species in your sample from hitting the waste bin.
miRNA qRT-PCR uses the same techniques as normal qRT-PCR with just a few tweaks to allow the detection, quantification and profiling of miRNAs in your sample in a highly specific way
miRNA Target Identification tools are designed to help match miRNAs to their targets through functional methods.
RIP can be used to identify specific RNA molecules associated with specific nuclear or cytoplasmic binding proteins.

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