Epigenetic regulation of telomeres in human cancer

Oncogene

Volumn 27, Issue 54, 2008, Pages 6817-6833

  Vera, E ^a   Canela, A ^a   Fraga, M F ^a   Esteller, M ^a   Blasco, M A ^a  

^a Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetic; Human cancer; Subtelomeres; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; TELOMERASE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADENOCARCINOMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GENETICS; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA; EUKARYOTE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE;

ACETYLATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENOME, HUMAN; HISTONES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 56649115881     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/onc.2008.289     Document Type: Article

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