Implication of SOCS-1 gene methylation in acute myeloid leukaemia [2]

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 608-609

  Watanabe, Dai ^a   Naka, Tetsuji ^b   Kishimoto, Tadamitsu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukaemia; Methylation; Methylation specific polymerase chain reaction; SOCS 1; Tumour suppressor

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 1; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCS1 GENE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING PROTEINS;

EID: 10344228727     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.05245.x     Document Type: Letter

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