DNA methylation and expression of LINE-1 and HERV-K provirus sequences in urothelial and renal cell carcinomas

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1312-1321

  Florl, A R ^a   Lower R ^b   Schmitz Drager B J ^a   Schulz, W A ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Chromosome instability; Methylcytosine; Renal cancer; Retrotransposon

Indexed keywords

DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROVIRUS; RETROPOSON; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; UROTHELIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, VIRAL; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROVIRUSES; RETROELEMENTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032987773     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690524     Document Type: Article

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