Methylation of CpG in a small region of the hMLH1 promoter invariably correlates with the absence of gene expression

Cancer Research

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2029-2033

  Deng, Guoren ^a   Chen, Ada ^a   Hong, Joe ^a   Chae, Hiun Suk ^a   Kim, Young S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHYLATION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

AZACITIDINE; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CARCINOMA; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA REPAIR; DNA, NEOPLASM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033135049     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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