Martina Paulsen

Expression profile and transcription factor binding site exploration of imprinted genes in human and mouse (2009)

Steinhoff, Christine, Paulsen, Martina, Kielbasa, Szymon, Walter, Jörn, Vingron, Martin

Abstract Background In mammals, imprinted genes are regulated by an epigenetic mechanism that results in parental origin-specific expression. Though allele-specific regulation of imprinted genes has...

Structural conservation versus functional divergence of maternally expressed microRNAs in the Dlk1/Gtl2imprinting region (2008)

Kircher, Martin, Bock, Christoph, Paulsen, Martina

Abstract Background MicroRNAs play an important functional role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. One of the largest known microRNA clusters is located within the imprinted Dlk1/Gtl2 region on...

Inter-individual variation of DNA methylation and its implications for large-scale epigenome mapping (2008)

Bock, Christoph, Walter, Jörn, Paulsen, Martina, Lengauer, Thomas

Genomic DNA methylation profiles exhibit substantial variation within the human population, with important functional implications for gene regulation. So far little is known about the...

Inter-individual variation of DNA methylation and its implications for large-scale epigenome mapping (2008)

Bock, Christoph, Walter, Jörn, Paulsen, Martina, Lengauer, Thomas

Genomic DNA methylation profiles exhibit substantial variation within the human population, with important functional implications for gene regulation. So far little is known about the...

CpG Island Mapping by Epigenome Prediction (2007)

Christoph Bock, Jörn Walter, Martina Paulsen, Thomas Lengauer

CpG islands were originally identified by epigenetic and functional properties, namely, absence of DNA methylation and frequent promoter association. However, this concept was quickly replaced by...

CpG island mapping by epigenome prediction (2007)

Christoph Bock, Jorn E Walter, Martina Paulsen, Thomas Lengauer

CpG islands were originally identified by epigenetic and functional properties, namely absence of DNA methylation and frequent promoter association. However, this concept was quickly replaced by...

CpG Island Methylation in Human Lymphocytes Is Highly Correlated with DNA Sequence, Repeats, and Predicted DNA Structure (2006)

Christoph Bock, Martina Paulsen, Sascha Tierling, Thomas Mikeska, Thomas Lengauer, Jörn Walter

CpG island methylation plays an important role in epigenetic gene control during mammalian development and is frequently altered in disease situations such as cancer. The majority of CpG islands is...

CpG island methylation in human lymphocytes is highly correlated with DNA sequence patterns, repeat frequencies and predicted DNA structure (2006)

Christoph Bock, Martina Paulsen, Sascha Tierling, Thomas Mikeska, Thomas Lengauer, Jorn E Walter

CpG island methylation plays an important role in epigenetic gene control during mammalian development and is frequently altered in disease situations such as cancer. The majority of CpG islands is...

CpG Island Methylation in Human Lymphocytes Is Highly Correlated with {DNA} Sequence, Repeats, and Predicted {DNA} Structure (2006)

Bock, Christoph, Paulsen, Martina, Tierling, Sascha, Mikeska, Thomas, Lengauer, Thomas, Walter, Jörn

CpG island methylation plays an important role in epigenetic gene control during mammalian development and is frequently altered in disease situations such as cancer. The majority of CpG islands is...

Sequence analysis BiQ Analyzer: visualization and quality control for DNA methylation data from bisulfite sequencing (2005)

Christoph Bock, Sabine Reither, Thomas Mikeska, Martina Paulsen, Jörn Walter, Thomas Lengauer

Summary: Manual processing of DNA methylation data from bisulfite sequencing is a tedious and error-prone task. Here we present an interactivesoftwaretool that providesstart-to-endsupportfor...

BiQ Analyzer: visualization and quality control for DNA methylation data from bisulfite sequencing (2005)

Bock, Christoph, Lengauer, Thomas, Reither, Sabine, Mikeska, Thomas, Paulsen, Martina, Walter, Jörn

SUMMARY: Manual processing of DNA methylation data from bisulfite sequencing is a tedious and error-prone task. Here we present an interactive software tool that provides start-to-end support for...

Evolution of the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome region in vertebrates (2005)

Paulsen, Martina, Khare, Tarang, Burgard, Christopher, Tierling, Sascha, Walter, Jörn

In the animal kingdom, genomic imprinting appears to be restricted to mammals. It remains an open question how structural features for imprinting evolved in mammalian genomes. The clustering of genes...

BiQ Analyzer: visualization and quality control for DNA methylation data from bisulphite sequencing (2005)

Bock, Christoph, Reither, Sabine, Mikeska, Thomas, Paulsen, Martina, Walter, Jörn, Lengauer, Thomas

Summary: Manual processing of DNA methylation data from bisulphite sequencing is a tedious and error-prone task. Here we present an interactive software tool that provides start-to-end support for...

BiQ Analyzer: visualization and quality control for DNA methylation data from bisulfite sequencing (2005)

Bock, Christoph, Reither, Sabine, Mikeska, Thomas, Paulsen, Martina, Walter, Jörn, Lengauer, Thomas

Summary: Manual processing of DNA methylation data from bisulfite sequencing is a tedious and error-prone task. Here we present an interactive software tool that provides start-to-end support for...

Evolution of the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome region in vertebrates (2004)

Paulsen, Martina, Khare, Tarang, Burgard, Christopher, Tierling, Sascha, Walter, Jörn

In the animal kingdom, genomic imprinting appears to be restricted to mammals. It remains an open question how structural features for imprinting evolved in mammalian genomes. The clustering of genes...

The potential role of gene duplications in the evolution of imprinting mechanisms (2003)

Walter, Jörn, Paulsen, Martina

Using the completed genomic sequences of mouse and human we performed a comparative analyses of imprinted genes and gene clusters. For many imprinted genes we could detect imprinted as well as non...

The potential role of gene duplications in the evolution of imprinting mechanisms (2003)

Walter, Jörn, Paulsen, Martina

Using the completed genomic sequences of mouse and human we performed a comparative analyses of imprinted genes and gene clusters. For many imprinted genes we could detect imprinted as well as...

The potential role of gene duplications in the evolution of imprinting mechanisms (2003)

Walter, Jörn, Paulsen, Martina

Using the completed genomic sequences of mouse and human we performed a comparative analyses of imprinted genes and gene clusters. For many imprinted genes we could detect imprinted as well as non...

Identification of tandemly-repeated C/D snoRNA genes at the imprinted human 14q32 domain reminiscent of those at the Prader-Willi/Angelman syndrome region (2002)

Cavaillé, Jérôme, Seitz, Hervé, Paulsen, Martina, Ferguson-Smith, Anne C., Bachellerie, Jean-Pierre

A human imprinted domain at 14q32 contains two co-expressed and reciprocally imprinted genes, DLK1 and GTL2, which are expressed from the paternally and maternally inherited alleles, respectively. We...

Epigenetic analysis of the Dlk1-Gtl2 imprinted domain on mouse chromosome 12: implications for imprinting control from comparison with Igf2-H19 (2002)

Takada, Shuji, Paulsen, Martina, Tevendale, Maxine, Tsai, Chen-En, Kelsey, Gavin, Cattanach, Bruce M., ...

Dlk1 and Gtl2 are reciprocally imprinted genes located 80 kb apart on mouse chromosome 12. Similarities between this domain and that of the well characterized Igf2–H19 locus have been previously...

Sequence and functional comparison in the Beckwith-Wiedemann region: implications for a novel imprinting centre and extended imprinting (2000)

Engemann, Sabine, Strödicke, Martin, Paulsen, Martina, Franck, Olivia, Reinhardt, Richard, Lane, Natasha, ...

The clustered organization of most imprinted genes in mammals suggests coordinated genetic and epigenetic control mechanisms. Comparisons between human and mouse will help in elucidating these...

Sequence conservation and variability of imprinting in the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome gene cluster in human and mouse (2000)

Paulsen, Martina, El-Maarri, Osman, Engemann, Sabine, Strödicke, Martin, Franck, Olivia, Davies, Karen, ...

In human and mouse most imprinted genes are arranged in chromosomal clusters. This linked organization suggests coordinated mechanisms controlling imprinted expression. We have sequenced 250 kb in...

Comparative Sequence Analysis of the Imprinted Dlk1–Gtl2 Locus in Three Mammalian Species Reveals Highly Conserved Genomic Elements and Refines Comparison with the Igf2–H19 Region

Paulsen, Martina, Takada, Shuji, Youngson, Neil A., Benchaib, Mehdi, Charlier, Carole, Segers, Karin, ...

The Dlk1–Gtl2 domain on mouse chromosome 12 contains reciprocally imprinted genes with the potential to contribute to our understanding of common features involved in imprinting control. We have...

Evolution of the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome region in vertebrates

Paulsen, Martina, Khare, Tarang, Burgard, Christopher, Tierling, Sascha, Walter, Jörn

In the animal kingdom, genomic imprinting appears to be restricted to mammals. It remains an open question how structural features for imprinting evolved in mammalian genomes. The clustering of genes...

CpG Island Methylation in Human Lymphocytes Is Highly Correlated with DNA Sequence, Repeats, and Predicted DNA Structure

Bock, Christoph, Paulsen, Martina, Tierling, Sascha, Mikeska, Thomas, Lengauer, Thomas, Walter, Jörn

CpG island methylation plays an important role in epigenetic gene control during mammalian development and is frequently altered in disease situations such as cancer. The majority of CpG islands is...

Comparative Sequence Analysis of the Imprinted Dlk1–Gtl2 Locus in Three Mammalian Species Reveals Highly Conserved Genomic Elements and Refines Comparison with the Igf2–H19 Region

Paulsen, Martina, Takada, Shuji, Youngson, Neil A., Benchaib, Mehdi, Charlier, Carole, Segers, Karin, ...

The Dlk1–Gtl2 domain on mouse chromosome 12 contains reciprocally imprinted genes with the potential to contribute to our understanding of common features involved in imprinting control. We have...

Evolution of the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome region in vertebrates

Paulsen, Martina, Khare, Tarang, Burgard, Christopher, Tierling, Sascha, Walter, Jörn

In the animal kingdom, genomic imprinting appears to be restricted to mammals. It remains an open question how structural features for imprinting evolved in mammalian genomes. The clustering of genes...

CpG Island Methylation in Human Lymphocytes Is Highly Correlated with DNA Sequence, Repeats, and Predicted DNA Structure

Bock, Christoph, Paulsen, Martina, Tierling, Sascha, Mikeska, Thomas, Lengauer, Thomas, Walter, Jörn

CpG island methylation plays an important role in epigenetic gene control during mammalian development and is frequently altered in disease situations such as cancer. The majority of CpG islands is...

CpG Island Mapping by Epigenome Prediction

Bock, Christoph, Walter, Jörn, Paulsen, Martina, Lengauer, Thomas

CpG islands were originally identified by epigenetic and functional properties, namely, absence of DNA methylation and frequent promoter association. However, this concept was quickly replaced by...

Inter-individual variation of DNA methylation and its implications for large-scale epigenome mapping

Bock, Christoph, Walter, Jörn, Paulsen, Martina, Lengauer, Thomas

Genomic DNA methylation profiles exhibit substantial variation within the human population, with important functional implications for gene regulation. So far little is known about the...