No evidence for epigenetic inactivation of fumarate hydratase in leiomyomas and leiomyosarcomas

Cancer Letters

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 136-140

  Barker, Karen T ^a   Spendlove, Hayley E ^a   Banu, Nassera S ^b   Bridge, Julia A ^c   Fisher, Cyril ^d   Shipley, Janet ^a   Garrett, Michelle ^a   Manyonda, Isaac ^b   Houlston, Richard S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fumarate hydratase; Leiomyoma; Leiomyosarcoma; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

FUMARATE HYDRATASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME INACTIVATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HEREDITARY LEIOMYOMATOSIS AND RENAL CELL CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CANCER; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MULTIPLE CUTANEOUS AND UTERINE LEIOMYOMATA 1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERUS MYOMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; MYOMETRIUM; RABBITS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645851364     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.04.017     Document Type: Article

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