Oncogenic mechanisms mediated by DNA methylation

Molecular Medicine Today

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 223-229

  Laird, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RESEARCH; CARCINOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ANIMALS; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; ONCOGENES;

EID: 0031415710     PISSN: 13574310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-4310(97)01019-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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