DNA methylation: Past, present and future directions

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 461-467

  Robertson, Keith D ^a   Jones, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; AZACITIDINE; CARCINOGEN; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

CANCER; CARCINOGEN DNA INTERACTION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; GENE REPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 0034092009     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/21.3.461     Document Type: Review

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