Epigenetics of a tandem DNA repeat: Chromatin DNaseI sensitivity and opposite methylation changes in cancers

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2196-2207

  Tsumagari, Koji ^a   Qi, Lixin ^a   Jackson, Kesmic ^a   Shao, Chunbo ^a   Lacey, Michelle ^b   Sowden, Janet ^c   Tawil, Rabi ^c   Vedanarayanan, Vettaikorumakankav ^d   Ehrlich, Melanie ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX;

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CONSTITUTIVE HETEROCHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOBLAST; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYOBLAST; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CANCER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE; UNTRANSLATED REGION; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; NEOPLASM;

CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; NEOPLASMS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 42449109111     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn055     Document Type: Article

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