MethBank 3.0: a database of DNA methylomes across a variety of species.

Abstract:

:MethBank (http://bigd.big.ac.cn/methbank) is a database that integrates high-quality DNA methylomes across a variety of species and provides an interactive browser for visualization of methylation data. Here, we present an updated implementation of MethBank (version 3.0) by incorporating more DNA methylomes from multiple species and equipping with more enhanced functionalities for data annotation and more friendly web interfaces for data presentation, search and visualization. MethBank 3.0 features large-scale integration of high-quality methylomes, involving 34 consensus reference methylomes derived from a large number of human samples, 336 single-base resolution methylomes from different developmental stages and/or tissues of five plants, and 18 single-base resolution methylomes from gametes and early embryos at multiple stages of two animals. Additionally, it is enhanced by improving the functionalities for data annotation, which accordingly enables systematic identification of methylation sites closely associated with age, sites with constant methylation levels across different ages, differentially methylated promoters, age-specific differentially methylated cytosines/regions, and methylated CpG islands. Moreover, MethBank provides tools to estimate human methylation age online and to identify differentially methylated promoters, respectively. Taken together, MethBank is upgraded with significant improvements and advances over the previous version, which is of great help for deciphering DNA methylation regulatory mechanisms for epigenetic studies.

journal_name

Nucleic Acids Res

journal_title

Nucleic acids research

authors

Li R,Liang F,Li M,Zou D,Sun S,Zhao Y,Zhao W,Bao Y,Xiao J,Zhang Z

doi

10.1093/nar/gkx1139

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-01-04 00:00:00

pages

D288-D295

issue

D1

eissn

0305-1048

issn

1362-4962

pii

4637581

journal_volume

46

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