Title
Applications of alignment-free methods in epigenomics.
Abstract
Epigenetic mechanisms play an important role in the regulation of cell type-specific gene activities, yet how epigenetic patterns are established and maintained remains poorly understood. Recent studies have supported a role of DNA sequences in recruitment of epigenetic regulators. Alignment-free methods have been applied to identify distinct sequence features that are associated with epigenetic patterns and to predict epigenomic profiles. Here, we review recent advances in such applications, including the methods to map DNA sequence to feature space, sequence comparison and prediction models. Computational studies using these methods have provided important insights into the epigenetic regulatory mechanisms.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1093/bib/bbt078
BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
epigenetics,nucleosome,DNA sequence,alignment-free method,machine learning
Sequence alignment,Gene,Biology,Epigenomics,DNA sequencing,Bioinformatics,Nucleosome,Epigenetics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
15
SP3
1467-5463
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
0.54
21
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Luca Pinello1497.71
Giosuè Lo Bosco215318.36
Guo-Cheng Yuan38811.73