Structure, function and evolution of CpG island promoters

F Antequera - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS, 2003 - Springer
CpG island promoters in mammals. … promoters associated with CpG islands are CpG
deficient in the corresponding mouse orthologues [3, 33]. The presence or absence of CpG islands

[HTML][HTML] Orphan CpG islands identify numerous conserved promoters in the mammalian genome

RS Illingworth, U Gruenewald-Schneider, S Webb… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
… as promoters). Using a biochemical method, we have identified and mapped all CpG islands
in the … gene promoters—so-called “orphans.” Mice, which were thought to possess far fewer …

[HTML][HTML] CpG islands–'a rough guide'

RS Illingworth, AP Bird - FEBS letters, 2009 - Elsevier
Mammalian genomes are punctuated by DNA sequences containing an atypically high
frequency of CpG sites termed CpG islands … majority of annotated gene promoters. Many studies, …

CpG islands in chromatin organization and gene expression

TK Kundu - The Journal of Biochemistry, 1999 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… the promoter of human a globin gene contains CpG islands, it … that the CpG islands are far
more abundant in mammals (5). It … between the evolution of CpG islands and TP2 in mammals. …

CpG islands

F Antequera, A Bird - DNA methylation: molecular biology and biological …, 1993 - Springer
… of promoter elements and the size of the CpG island? A number of detailed deletion studied
have revealed that housekeeping promoters … X chromosome in female eutherian mammals. …

CpG islands and GC content dictate nucleosome depletion in a transcription-independent manner at mammalian promoters

R Fenouil, P Cauchy, F Koch, N Descostes… - Genome …, 2012 - genome.cshlp.org
… of mammalian promoters is the presence of CpG islands (… promoters. Using genome-wide
approaches, we show that GC content and CGIs are major promoter elements in mammalian

[HTML][HTML] Species-specific organization of CpG island promoters at mammalian homologous genes

M Cuadrado, M Sacristán, F Antequera - EMBO reports, 2001 - embopress.org
… This finding allows direct localization of promoters on genomic sequences and reveals a …
of mammalian regulatory regions. Our results also show that CpG island promoters associated …

CpGProD: identifying CpG islands associated with transcription start sites in large genomic mammalian sequences

L Ponger, D Mouchiroud - Bioinformatics, 2002 - academic.oup.com
promoter regions associated with CpG islands in large genomic sequences. Although it is
strictly dedicated to this particular promoter … other tools used for promoter prediction. Notably, …

DNA methylation profiles of CpG islands for cellular differentiation and development in mammals

K Shiota - Cytogenetic and genome research, 2004 - karger.com
… in mammalian development. Transcription units contain CpG islands, but expression of
CpG island … The remaining tissue-specific promoters do not associate with CpG islands. …

CpG islands in vertebrate genomes

M Gardiner-Garden, M Frommer - Journal of molecular biology, 1987 - Elsevier
CpG islands. Thus, G/C boxes appeared to be a feature of CpG islands in general, rather than
a feature of the promoter … number of 3’ CpG islands in the mammalian genes in our survey, …