Identification of a novel human cancer/testis gene MAEL that is regulated by DNA methylation

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2355-2360

  Xiao, Ling ^a   Wang, Yijun ^a   Zhou, Yankai ^a   Sun, Yi ^b   Sun, Wei ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Zhou, Chang ^a   Zhou, Jianlin ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer testis gene; CpG island; DNA methylation; Maelstrom; Promoter

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; GENE PRODUCT; MAELSTROM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; TESTIS; UPREGULATION;

AGED; AZACITIDINE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77955664470     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-009-9741-x     Document Type: Article

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