Hypermethylation of the hMLH1 gene promoter in human gastric cancers with microsatellite instability

Cancer Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1090-1095

  Fleisher, A Steven ^a   Esteller, Manel ^b   Wang, Suna ^a   Tamura, Gen ^c   Suzuki, Hiroyuki ^d   Yin, Jing ^a   Zou, Tong Tong ^a   Abraham, John M ^a   Kong, Dehe ^a   Smolinski, Kara N ^a   Shi, Ying Qiang ^e   Rhyu, Mun Gan ^f   Powell, Steven M ^g   James, Stephen P ^a   Wilson, Keith T ^a   Herman, James G ^b   Meltzer, Stephen J ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHYLATION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; STOMACH CANCER; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033105363     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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