Analysis of adenomatous polyposis coli promoter hypermethylation in human cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 60, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 4366-4371

  Esteller, Manel ^a   Sparks, Andrew ^a   Toyota, Minoru ^a   Sanchez Cespedes, Montserrat ^a   Capella, Gabriel ^b   Peinado, Miguel Angel ^b   Gonzalez, Sara ^b   Tarafa, Gemma ^b   Sidransky, David ^a   Meltzer, Stephen J ^c   Baylin, Stephen B ^a   Herman, James G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institut de Recerca Oncologica   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON POLYPOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ALLELES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE SILENCING; GENES, APC; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MUTATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0034662626     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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