Metilene
Description
The detection of differentially methylated regions (DMRs) is a necessary prerequisite for characterizing different epigenetic states. We present a novel program, metilene, to identify DMRs within whole-genome and targeted data with unrivaled specificity and sensitivity.
A binary segmentation algorithm combined with a two-dimensional statistical test allows the detection of DMRs in large methylation experiments with multiple groups of samples in minutes rather than days using off-the-shelf hardware. metilene outperforms other state-of-the-art tools for low coverage data and can estimate missing data.
Hence, metilene is a versatile tool to study the effect of epigenetic modifications in differentiation/development, tumorigenesis, and systems biology on a global, genome-wide level. Whether in the framework of international consortia with dozens of samples per group, or even without biological replicates, it produces highly significant and reliable results.
Environment Modules
Run module spider metilene to find out what environment modules are available for this application.
System Variables
- HPC_METILENE_DIR - installation directory
- HPC_METILENE_BIN - executable directory
Citation
If you publish research that uses metilene you have to cite it as follows:
https://genome.cshlp.org/content/early/2015/12/24/gr.196394.115