Methylation and inhibition of expression of uPA by the RAS oncogene: Divergence of growth control and invasion in breast cancer cells

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 557-564

  Pakneshan, Pouya ^a   Szyf, Moshe ^a   Rabbani, Shafaat A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; UROKINASE; DNA (CYTOSINE 5 ) METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METASTASIS; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CELL DIVISION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSACTIVATION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; GENE SILENCING; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 16244364806     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgi009     Document Type: Article

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