The Next Generation of Melanocyte Data: Genetic, Epigenetic and Transcriptional Resource Datasets and Analysis Tools

Abstract

Genomics is a common thread linking all aspects of pigment cell biology, including melanocyte- and melanosome-related functions, pigmentary disorders, normal human pigmentation variation and melanoma. Recently, genomic-scale Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) analyses have rapidly expanded, because of reductions in sequencing costs, increased assay sensitivity, and smaller sample requirement. These NGS technologies have been adapted to assay RNA transcript expression, chromatin accessibility, DNA methylation, histone modifications, and transcription factor binding.

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