DNA methylation is the major repression mechanism for human retrotransposons, such as the Alu family. Here, we have derived methylation levels regarding 5238 loci belonging to two Alu subfamilies, AluYa5 and AluYb8, using High-Throughput Targeted Repeat Element Bisulfite Sequencing (HT-TREBS). ...
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens