The relationship of DNA methylation to cancer

Cancer Surveys

Volumn 28, Issue , 1996, Pages 87-101

  Bird, Adrian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CANCER CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CPG ISLAND; DIET; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW; SILENT GENE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; AZACITIDINE; CPG ISLANDS; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030442652     PISSN: 02612429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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