Carcinoma in situ testis displays permissive chromatin modifications similar to immature foetal germ cells

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1269-1276

  Almstrup, K ^a   Nielsen, J E ^a   Mlynarska, O ^a   Jansen, M T ^a   Jorgensen A ^a   Skakkebaek N E ^a   Rajpert De Meyts, E ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

carcinoma in situ; chromatin; epigenetics; foetal germ cells; testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; RNA POLYMERASE II; CHROMATIN;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GERM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METHYLATION; MITOSIS INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; TESTIS; TESTIS CARCINOMA; ADULT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; FETUS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PUBERTY; TESTIS TUMOR; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADULT; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FETUS; GERM CELLS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PUBERTY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 77957984879     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605880     Document Type: Article

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