title: DNA methylation: Bidding the CpG island goodbye.
abstract: Experiments on seven vertebrates suggest that identifying the locations of islands of non-methylated DNA provides more insights into evolutionarily-conserved epigenetic regulatory elements than studies of CpG islands.
authors: is at the Department of Genetics , Albert Einstein College of Medicine , New York , United States john.greally@einstein.yu.edu.
authors: John M
authors: JM
authors: Greally
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018899:CpG Islands; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D019175:DNA Methylation; D006801:Humans; D014714:Vertebrates
chemical_list: D004247:DNA
keywords: Chicken; Chromatin; CpG islands; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Evolutionary conservation; Human; Mouse