Cancer genes hypermethylated in human embryonic stem cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Calvanese, Vincenzo ^a   Horrillo, Angelica ^b   Hmadcha, Abdelkrim ^b   Suarez Álvarez, Beatriz ^c   Fernandez, Agustín F ^a,d   Lara, Ester ^a   Casado, Sara ^a   Menendez, Pablo ^e   Bueno, Clara ^e   Garcia Castro, Javier ^e   Rubio, Ruth ^e   Lapunzina, Pablo ^f   Alaminos, Miguel ^e   Borghese, Lodovica ^g   Terstegge, Stefanie ^g   Harrison, Neil J ^h   Moore, Harry D ^h   Brüstle, Oliver ^g   Lopez Larrea, Carlos ^c   Andrews, Peter W ^h   Soria, Bernat ^c   Esteller, Manel ^a,d   Fraga, Mario F ^a,i   more..

^a Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas   (Spain)

^b CABIMER Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine CSIC University of Seville UPO   (Spain)

^c HUCA   (Spain)

^d CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PROMOTER REGION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CELL STRAIN U937; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HELA CELL; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; TIME; TUMOR GENE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, NEOPLASM; HELA CELLS; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS; U937 CELLS;

EID: 54749087165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003294     Document Type: Article

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