Hypomethylation: One side of a larger picture

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 983, Issue , 2003, Pages 28-42

  Dunn, Barbara K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Methylcytosine; Cancer; Hypermethylation; Hypomethylation; Repetitive sequences; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AGING; CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; DNA HYPOMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTO ONCOGENE; TRANSPOSON;

TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037355911     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb05960.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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