DNA methylation accounts for the inhibition of collagen VI expression in transformed fibroblasts

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 489-496

  Kopp, Martin U ^a,b   Winterhalter, Kaspar H ^b   Trueb, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collagen; DNA methylation; Extracellular matrix; Oncogenic transformation; Promoter

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 6; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FETUS; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

SIMIAE; SIMIAN VIRUS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 0030725665     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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