Hypomethylation of the Xmrk oncogene promoter in melanoma cells of Xiphophorus

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1457-1466

  Altschmied, Joachim ^a   Ditzel, Lars ^a,b   Schartl, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genomic sequencing; Melanoma; Methylation; Xiphophorus; Xmrk oncogene

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MELANOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTO ONCOGENE; REGULATOR GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

XIPHOPHORUS;

EID: 0031453977     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1997.378.12.1457     Document Type: Article

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