Methylation of adenomatous polyposis coli in endometrial cancer occurs more frequently in tumors with microsatellite instability phenotype

Cancer Research

Volumn 62, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 3663-3666

  Zysman, Michele ^a,b,e   Saka, Asantha ^a,b   Millar, Anna ^a,b,e   Knight, Julia ^a,d   Chapman, William ^c,e   Bapat, Bharati ^a,b,e  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA METHYLATION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE SILENCING; GENES, APC; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036644870     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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