Errors in the bisulfite conversion of DNA: modulating inappropriate- and failed-conversion frequencies.

Nucleic Acids Res · 2008 · PMC2602783 · PMID 18984622

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did not reach statistical significanceP = 0.58not close (p > 0.1)

Indeed, the inappropriate-conversion frequency was higher for the molecules with no conversions failures (48 of 1268 5-methylcytosine positions examined), than for the molecules that had one conversion failure (2 of 100 examined), but this result did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.58).

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