Methylation changes in muscle and liver tissues of male and female mice exposed to acute and chronic low-dose X-ray-irradiation

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 548, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 75-84

  Kovalchuk, Olga ^a   Burke, Paula ^a   Besplug, Jill ^a   Slovack, Mark ^a   Filkowski, Jody ^a   Pogribny, Igor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Global genome methylation; Ionizing radiation; Low doses; MGMT; p16INKa; Promoter methylation

Indexed keywords

METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN P16;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; LIVER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; X IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P16; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA, NEOPLASM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCLES; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 1842509726     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2003.12.016     Document Type: Article

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