CpG-island methylation in aging and cancer

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 249, Issue , 2000, Pages 101-118

  Issa, J P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN B;

AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANCER; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034015438     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-59696-4_7     Document Type: Review

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