LINE-1 methylation is inherited in familial testicular cancer kindreds

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mirabello, Lisa ^a   Savage, Sharon A ^a   Korde, Larissa ^a   Gadalla, Shahinaz M ^a   Greene, Mark H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE; THYMINE; DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAUGHTER; DNA ISOLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC RISK; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PILOT STUDY; RELATIVE; RETROPOSON; TESTIS CANCER; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHYLATION; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STONE FORMATION; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LITHIASIS; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; MALE; METHYLATION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952167085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-11-77     Document Type: Article

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