Alterations of DNA methylation by glutathione depletion

Cancer Letters

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-156

  Lertratanangkoon, Khingkan ^a   Wu, Chun J ^b   Savaraj, Niramol ^b   Thomas, Mary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromobenzene; Cytosine methylation; DNA methylation; Glutathione; Methionine

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; BROMOBENZENE; CYTOSINE; DNA; GLUTATHIONE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; BROMOBENZENES; CRICETINAE; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MALE; METHIONINE; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC); TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0030696188     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)00300-5     Document Type: Article

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