Cancer progenitors and epigenetic contexts: An Xisting connection

Epigenetics

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 568-570

  Agrelo, Ruben ^a   Wutz, Anton ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Epigenetic contexts; Lymphomas; SATB1; Tumors; X inactivation; Xist

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SATB1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL RENEWAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SILENCER ELEMENT; STEM CELL; TUMOR CELL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; XIST GENE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 74549136925     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.4.8.10186     Document Type: Article

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