150 生物化学与生物物理进展Prog.Biochem.Biophys.
2009;36(2)
ProgressofBioinformaticsStudyinDNA
FANShi—Cail一。ZHANGXue—Gon91∥
CMOEKeylaboratoryofBioinformaticsandBioinformatics
4School
Division,TNLIS?YDepartment
Methylation。
ofAutomation,TsinghuaE阮西emimBeijin9100084,China;
ofChina,Chengdu610054,China)
ofAutomation
Engineering,University
ofElectronicScienceandTechnology
Abstract
DNAmethylationis
all
importantepigeneticsystem。Itplaysmanycrucialrolesinthegeneregulation,
detectiontechniques,thebioinformaticsstudyhasbeen
an
Withthedevelopmentofthehigh-throughput
topicinthe
activehot
researchofDNAmethylation.Themajorachievementsandprogress
are
on
thepredictionofDNADNAmethylation,the
methylationstatus,themechanismthatthemajorityofCpGislands
resistantto
relationshipbetweenDNAmethylationandotherepigenetics,aswellastheassociationbetween
aberrant
DNA
methylationandthetumorigenesiswerereviewedinthisarticle。
Keywords
DNAmethylation,bioinformaticsstudy,CpGisland,prediction,mechanism,epigeneties
DoI:10.3724/SP.J.1206。2008.00426
*Thisworkwassupportedbygrants
from
TheNationalNaturalScienceFoundationof
China(30625012,60721003),TheNational
BasicResearch
ProgramofChina(2004CB518605)andTheHi-techResearchandDevelopmentProgramofChina(2006AA022325).
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author.
Tel:86。10-62794919.E-mail:zhangxg@tsinghua。edu。辨
Received:June
13,2008
Accepted:August18,2008