Role of the ras-MAPK signaling pathway in the DNA methyltransferase response to DNA hypomethylation

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 8-9, 1998, Pages 1113-1120

  Deng, Chun ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Scott, Jeannine ^a   Hanash, Samir ^b   Richardson, Bruce C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AP 1; DNA methyltransferase; Ras; Signaling pathway

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RAS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; PROTEIN C JUN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ONCOGENE H RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0031667275     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1998.379.8-9.1113     Document Type: Article

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