Mechanisms underlying epigenetically mediated gene silencing in cancer

Seminars in Cancer Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 331-337

  Baylin, Stephen B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; CpG islands; DNA methylation; Gene silencing; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; PROTEIN P15; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0036386996     PISSN: 1044579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-579X(02)00053-6     Document Type: Article

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