Methylation alterations of the MyoD1 upstream region are predictive of subclassification of human rhabdomyosarcomas

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1071-1079

  Chen, Bin ^a   Dias, Peter ^b,d   Jenkins III, Jesse J ^c   Savell, Van H ^a   Parham, David M ^a  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BD Technologies   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Medinox Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LUNG; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOD PROTEIN; PANCREAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, ALVEOLAR; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, EMBRYONAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031945912     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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