Methylation of the O6-Methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase promoter suppresses expression in mouse skin tumors and varies with the tumor induction protocol

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 527-531

  Abdel Fattah, Rana ^a,b   Glick, Adam ^a   Rehman, Ishtiaq ^a   Maiberger, Patrick ^a   Hennings, Henry ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinomas; Methylation; MGMT; Papillomas; Skin tumors

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; DNA; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; MEZEREIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; 7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CARCINOGEN; DITERPENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOACANTHOMA; MGMT GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE H RAS; ONCOGENE K RAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN PAPILLOMA; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; ONCOGENE RAS; PAPILLOMA; SKIN;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DITERPENES; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; MICE; MUTATION; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PAPILLOMA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 30444441255     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21316     Document Type: Article

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