Tumour-associated hypermethylation: Silencing E-cadherin expression enhances invasion and metastasis

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 413-414

  Di Croce, L ^a   Pelicci, P G ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN P15; PROTEIN P16; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; UVOMORULIN;

CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DOWN REGULATION; EDITORIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0037363382     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(02)00815-8     Document Type: Editorial

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