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AmpliconDesign – an interactive web server for the design of high-throughput targeted DNA methylation assays

Maximilian Schönunga Section Translational Cancer Epigenomics, Division of Translational Medical Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) & National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany;b Faculty of Biosciences, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jana Hessc Saarland University, Saarbrücken, GermanyView further author information
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Pascal Bawidamannd Department of Informatics, Technical University of Munich, Garching, GermanyView further author information
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Sina Stäblea Section Translational Cancer Epigenomics, Division of Translational Medical Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) & National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany;e Division of Experimental Hematology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5962-2440View further author information
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Joschka Heyb Faculty of Biosciences, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany;f Division of Cancer Epigenomics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany;g German-Israeli Helmholtz Research School in Cancer BiologyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2842-764XView further author information
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Jens Langsteina Section Translational Cancer Epigenomics, Division of Translational Medical Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) & National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany;b Faculty of Biosciences, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, GermanyView further author information
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Yassen Assenovf Division of Cancer Epigenomics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6992-2092View further author information
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Dieter Weichenhanf Division of Cancer Epigenomics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, GermanyView further author information
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Pavlo Lutsikf Division of Cancer Epigenomics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, GermanyView further author information
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Daniel B. Lipkaa Section Translational Cancer Epigenomics, Division of Translational Medical Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) & National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 933-939 | Received 04 Jun 2020, Accepted 26 Sep 2020, Published online: 24 Oct 2020

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