Hypomethylation of LINE1 retrotransposon in human hepatocellular carcinomas, but not in surrounding liver cirrhosis

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 306-309

  Takai, Daiya ^a   Yagi, Yukiko ^a   Habib, Nagy ^b   Sugimura, Takashi ^a   Ushijima, Toshikazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Liver neoplasms; Retroelements

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MALE; RETROPOSON;

EID: 0033814412     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyd079     Document Type: Article

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