The promoter methylation status of the DNA repair gene O 6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase in ulcerative colitis

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 443, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 518-523

  Matsumura, Shunji ^a   Oue, Naohide ^a   Ito, Reiko ^a   Nakayama, Hirofumi ^a   Kitadai, Yasuhiko ^a   Yokozaki, Hiroshi ^b   Chayama, Kazuaki ^a   Yasui, Wataru ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; MGMT; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

DNA; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON MUCOSA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA REPAIR; DYSPLASIA; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METHYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0242361206     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-003-0877-0     Document Type: Article

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