Active DNA demethylation and DNA repair

Differentiation

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Niehrs, Christof ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA demethylation; DNA repair; Excision repair

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HISTONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR DELTA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

DEAMINATION; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; EPIGENETICS; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 60549088692     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2008.09.004     Document Type: Review

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