Double RNA interference of DNMT3b and DNMT1 enhances DNA demethylation and gene reactivation

Cancer Research

Volumn 63, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 6110-6115

  Leu, Yu Wei ^a   Rahmatpanah, Farahnaz ^b   Shi, Huidong ^b   Wei, Susan H ^a   Liu, Joseph C ^a   Yan, Pearlly S ^a   Huang, Tim Hui Ming ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENE PRODUCT; RNA;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNMT1 GENE; DNMT3B GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HIN 1 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RASSF1A GENE; TUMOR CELL LINE; TWIST GENE;

CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE THERAPY; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0141988726     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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