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Table 1 The nearest retroelement and the transcription of the 14 selected genes with and without CpG islands

From: The overmethylated genes in Helicobacter pylori-infected gastric mucosa are demethylated in gastric cancers

Gene

CpG islands

Nearest retroelement

No. of expressed transcripts in the stomach

  

Name of family

Distance to transcription start site

 

CDH1

Yes

Alu

0.3 kb

19

ARRDC4

Yes

Alu

1.7 kb

7

PPARG

Yes

Alu

2.3 kb

3

CDKN2A

Yes

LTR

2.4 kb

1

TRAPPC2L

Yes

Alu

3.8 kb

14

DUSP6

Yes

Alu

6.6 kb

8

MLH1

Yes

Alu

6.6 kb

0

RUNX3

Yes

LTR

8.3 kb

0

PGA5

No

Alu

1.2 kb

734

PGC

No

Alu

1.6 kb

33

TFF1

No

Alu

0.5 kb

11

TFF2

No

L1

2.7 kb

632

MSLN

No

Alu

1.4 kb

50

KRT6A

No

Alu

4.2 kb

1

  1. The information concerning CpG islands, retroelements and the number of expressed transcripts in the stomach was obtained from previously published data [4].