Lung cancer: A modified epigenome

Cell Adhesion and Migration

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-113

  Van Broeck, Arnaud Den ^a   Ozenne, Peggy ^a   Eymin, Beatrice ^a   Gazzeri, Sylvie ^a  

^a INSTITUT ALBERT BONNIOT   (France)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetic; Histone modification; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; MICRORNA;

DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; REVIEW;

EID: 77449156771     PISSN: 19336918     EISSN: 19336926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cam.4.1.10885     Document Type: Review

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