DNA Methylation-associated repression of cancer-germline genes in human embryonic and adult stem cells

Stem Cells

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 822-824

  Loriot, Axelle ^a   Reister, Sven ^a   Parvizi, Gregory K ^a   Lysy, Philippe A ^b   Smet, Charles De ^a  

^a DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer germline genes; Cancer testis genes; DNA methylation; Human adult stem cells; Human embryonic stem cells; MAGE genes

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER STEM CELL; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CELL LINE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 65649151310     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.8     Document Type: Article

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