Liver-specific methionine adenosyltransferase MAT1A gene expression is associated with a specific pattern of promoter methylation and histone acetylation: Implications for MAT1A silencing during transformation

FASEB Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-102

  Torres, Luis ^a   Ávila, Matías A ^a   Carretero, M Victoria ^a   Latasa, M Ujue ^a   Caballería, Joan ^b   López Rodas, Gerardo ^c   Boukaba, Abdelhalim ^c   Lu, Shelly C ^d   Franco, Luis ^c   Mato, José M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Hepatocarcinoma; Liver cirrhosis; S adenosylmethionine synthesis; Tissue specific expression

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033957458     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.14.1.95     Document Type: Article

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