Towards a pharmacology of DNA methylation

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 350-354

  Szyf, Moshe ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BINDING PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE TUMOR; LUNG CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL CYCLE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; OXIDOREDUCTASES, O-DEMETHYLATING; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035398558     PISSN: 01656147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-6147(00)01713-2     Document Type: Review

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