Effect of hypoxia on hepatic DNA methylation and tRNA methyltransferase in rat: Similarities to effects of methyl-deficient diets

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-80

  Chawla, Rajender K ^a,b,c   Watson, Walter H ^a   Jones, Dean P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; hypomethylation; hypoxia; S adenosylmethionine; t RNA methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOXIA; LIVER FAILURE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029924095     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4644(19960401)61:1<72::aid-jcb9>3.3.co;2-g     Document Type: Article

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