Increased DNA methyltransferase expression in rhabdomyosarcomas

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-14

  Chen, Bin ^a   Liu, Xiuli ^a   Savell, Van H ^a   Dilday, Bradley R ^a   Johnson, Michael W ^a   Jenkins, Jesse J ^b   Parham, David M ^a  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RNA ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX7 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032843422     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990924)83:1<10::AID-IJC3>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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