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A comprehensive analysis of allelic methylation status of CpG islands on human chromosome 11q: Comparison with chromosome 21q

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Yoichi Yamada Department of Information and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
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Yoichi Yamada Department of Information and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
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Tomoyo Shirakawa Institute of Medical Science, Human Genome Centre, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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Yoichi Yamada Department of Information and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
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Tomoyo Shirakawa Institute of Medical Science, Human Genome Centre, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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Todd D. Taylor RIKEN Genomic Sciences Centre, 1-7-22 Suehirocho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan
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Kohji Okamura Institute of Medical Science, Human Genome Centre, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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Hidenobu Soejima Division of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga, 849-8501, Japan
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Michiko Uchiyama Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga, 849-8501, Japan
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Tsuyoshi Iwasaka Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga, 849-8501, Japan
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Tsunehiro Mukai Division of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga, 849-8501, Japan
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Ken-Ichiro Muramoto Department of Information and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
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Yoshiyuki Sakaki Institute of Medical Science, Human Genome Centre, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan; RIKEN Genomic Sciences Centre, 1-7-22 Suehirocho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan
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Takashi Ito Department of Computational Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, 277-8561, Japan
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Pages 300-306 | Received 20 Apr 2006, Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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