Epigenetic regulation of the MGMT and hMSH6 DNA repair genes in cells resistant to methylating agents

Cancer Research

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3262-3270

  Bearzatto, Alessandra ^b   Szadkowski, Marta ^c   Macpherson, Peter ^a   Jiricny, Josef ^c   Karran, Peter ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLNITROSOUREA;

ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHYLATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; AZACITIDINE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CPG ISLANDS; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; METHYLNITROSOUREA; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034046394     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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