| URL: | http://dbcat.cgm.ntu.edu.tw |
| Full name: | database of CpG islands and analytical tools |
| Description: | DataBase of CpG islands and Analytical Tool (DBCAT) is developed in order to recognize comprehensive mehtylation profiles of DNA alteration in human cancer. DBCAT is an online methylation analytical tool composed of three parts: a CpG Island Finder, a genome query browser and an analytical tool for methylation microarray data. The analytical tool can analyze raw data generated from scanners and search genes with methylated regions which could affect gene expression regulation. |
| Year founded: | 2011 |
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| Country/Region: | China |
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| University/Institution: | National Taiwan University |
| Address: | Research Center For Medical Excellence, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan |
| City: | Taipei |
| Province/State: | Taiwan |
| Country/Region: | China |
| Contact name (PI/Team): | Eric Y. Chuang |
| Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): | chuangey@ntu.edu.tw |
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DBCAT: database of CpG islands and analytical tools for identifying comprehensive methylation profiles in cancer cells. [PMID: 21214365]
DBCAT (database of CpG islands and analytical tools, http://dbcat.cgm.ntu.edu.tw/ ), developed to characterize comprehensive DNA methylation profiles in human cancers, is a web-based application and methylation database containing several convenient tools for investigating epigenetic regulation in human diseases. To our knowledge, DBCAT is the first online methylation analytical tool, and is composed of three parts: a CpG island finder, a genome query browser, and a tool for analyzing methylation microarray data. The analytical tools can quickly identify genes with methylated regions from microarray data, compare the methylation status changes between different arrays, and provide functional analysis in addition to colocalizing transcription factor binding sites. |