Alteration of mosaic methylation of the repeat unit of the human ribosomal RNA genes in lung cancer

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 380, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-84

  Shiraishi, Masahiko ^a   Sekiguchi, Azumi ^a   Chuu, Ying H ^a   Sekiya, Takao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Demethylation; L1 sequence; Subtelomeric repeat

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; MOSAICISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0032907168     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.1999.010     Document Type: Article

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