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Protocol Matters: Which Methylome are You Actually Studying?

Mark D Robinson1 Epigenetics Laboratory, Cancer Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia;2 Bioinformatics Division, The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G Royal Parade, Parkville Victoria, 3052, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Aaron L Statham1 Epigenetics Laboratory, Cancer Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, AustraliaView further author information
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Terence P Speed2 Bioinformatics Division, The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G Royal Parade, Parkville Victoria, 3052, AustraliaView further author information
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Susan J Clark1 Epigenetics Laboratory, Cancer Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia;3 St Vincent‘s Clinical School, The University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, AustraliaView further author information
Pages 587-598 | Published online: 05 Aug 2010

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