Marmal-aid--a database for Infinium HumanMethylation450.

ABSTRACT:

Background

DNA methylation is indispensible for normal human genome function. Currently there is an increasingly large number of DNA methylomic data being released in the public domain allowing for an opportunity to investigate the relationships between the DNA methylome, genome function, and human phenotypes. The Illumina450K is one of the most popular platforms for assessing DNA methylation with over 10,000 samples available in the public domain. However, accessing all this data requires downloading each individual experiment and due to inconsistent annotation, accessing the right data can be a challenge.

Description

Here we introduce 'Marmal-aid', the first standardised database for DNA methylation (freely available at http://marmal-aid.org). In Marmal-aid, the majority o

SUBMITTER: Lowe R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3878775 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature