Role of the DNA Methyltransferase Variant DNMT3b3 in DNA Methylation

Molecular Cancer Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-72

  Weisenberger, Daniel J ^a   Velicescu, Mihaela ^a   Cheng, Jonathan C ^a   Gonzales, Felicidad A ^a   Liang, Gangning ^a   Jones, Peter A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B2; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B3; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B6; REPETITIVE DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ALU SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0842347353     PISSN: 15417786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.62.2.1     Document Type: Article

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