The CpG island promoter of the human proopiomelanocortin gene is methylated in nonexpressing normal tissue and tumors and represses expression

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 338-348

  Newell Price, John ^a   King, Peter ^b   Clark, Adrian J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F; TRICHOSTATIN A;

ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEMETHYLATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS;

EID: 0035154269     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.15.2.0599     Document Type: Article

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