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Table 1 Characteristics of identified methylated and hypermethylated regions.

From: Chromosome-wide mapping of DNA methylation patterns in normal and malignant prostate cells reveals pervasive methylation of gene-associated and conserved intergenic sequences

 

Number of regions

Total length

of regions (kbp)

% Gene

upstream

% Gene

downstream

% Exon

% Intron

% Intergenic

LNCaP

3827

1468.6

4.4

4.2

7.2

50.2

34

PrEC

1674

523.7

4.6

3

8.1

49.4

35

Hypermethylated 1

163

147.5

9.5

5.4

4.2

54.4

26.6

  1. 1, Regions that are hypermethylated in the LNCaP cells compared to the PrEC cells.