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Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Structures > Genome > Genome Components > CpG Islands
... > Information Science > Information Sources > Information Services > Documentation > Molecular Sequence Data > Base Sequence > GC Rich Sequence > CpG Islands
Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Structures > Base Sequence > GC Rich Sequence > CpG Islands
... > Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Molecular Structure > Base Sequence > GC Rich Sequence > CpG Islands

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CpG Islands  

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Entry terms

  • CpG-Rich Island
  • CpG Rich Islands
  • CpG-Rich Islands
  • Island, CpG-Rich
  • Islands, CpG-Rich

Scope note

  • Areas of increased density of the dinucleotide sequence cytosine--phosphate diester--guanine. They form stretches of DNA several hundred to several thousand base pairs long. In humans there are about 45,000 CpG islands, mostly found at the 5' ends of genes. They are unmethylated except for those on the inactive X chromosome and some associated with imprinted genes.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018899

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