Background: Cis-regulatory modules (CRMs) are distinct, genomic regions surrounding the target gene that can independently activate the promoter to drive transcription. The activa...
Background: Association testing is a powerful tool for identifying disease susceptibility genes underlying complex diseases. Technological advances have yielded a dramatic increas...
Background: New technologies are enabling the measurement of many types of genomic and epigenomic information at scales ranging from the atomic to nuclear. Much of this new data i...
Thomas M. Asbury, Matt Mitman, Jijun Tang, W. Jim ...
Background: In the last decade, biochemical studies have revealed that epigenetic modifications including histone modifications, histone variants and DNA methylation form a comple...
Xiaojiang Xu, Stephen Hoang, Marty W. Mayo, Stefan...
Background: Genome wide association (GWA) studies are now being widely undertaken aiming to find the link between genetic variations and common diseases. Ideally, a well-powered G...
Fredrik Pettersson, Andrew P. Morris, Michael R. B...