Transcriptional regulation of the human DNA Methyltransferase (dnmt1) gene

Gene

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 407-418

  Bigey, Pascal ^a   Ramchandani, Shyam ^a   Theberge, Johanne ^a   Araujo, Felipe D ^a   Szyf, Moshe ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferase; Enhancers; Promoters; Ras signaling pathway

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN C JUN; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HELA CELLS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RIBONUCLEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033973226     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00501-6     Document Type: Article

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