No SMAD4 hypermethylation in colorectal cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1015-1019

  Roth, S ^a   Laiho, P ^a   Salovaara, R ^a   Launonen, V ^a   Aaltonen, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Hypermethylation; Promoter; SMAD4

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0033774806     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1387     Document Type: Article

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