Involvement of DNA Méthylation in Human Carcinogenesis

Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler

Volumn 379, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 377-400

  Schmutte, Christoph ^a   Jones, Peter A ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; CARCINOGEN; CYTOSINE; DNA;

AGING; BASE MISPAIRING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CPG ISLAND; DEAMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031981810     PISSN: 01773593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1998.379.4-5.377     Document Type: Article

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