Epigenetic mechanisms in human disease

Cancer Research

Volumn 62, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 6784-6787

  Feinberg, Andrew P ^a   Oshimura, Mitsuo ^b   Barrett, J Carl ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; BIRTH DEFECT; CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RESEARCH; CHROMATIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037112370     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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