Profile of methylated CpG sites of hMLH1 promoter in primary gastric carcinoma with microsatellite instability

Pathology International

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 764-768

  Kang, Gyeong Hoon ^a   Lee, Sun ^a   Shim, Yhong Hee ^b   Kim, Jin Cheon ^b   Ro, Jae Y ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; hMLH1; Methylation; Microsatellite instability

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METHYLATION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARRIER PROTEINS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036460001     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2002.01423.x     Document Type: Article

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