Frequent somatic demethylation of RAPGEF1/C3G intronic sequences in gastrointestinal and gynecological cancer

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1575-1577

  Samuelsson, Johanna ^a,b   Alonso, Sergio ^b   Ruiz Larroya, Tatiana ^a,b   Cheung, Tak Hong ^c   Wong, Yick Fu ^c   Perucho, Manuel ^a,b,d  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Institute of Predictive and Personalized Medicine of Cancer IMPPC   (Spain)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

C3G; Colorectal cancer; DNA methylation; RAPGEF1; Squamous cervical cancer

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; RAP GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR 1; RAP1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STOMACH CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE ORDER; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE-RELEASING FACTOR 2; HUMANS; INTRONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 79955864597     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2011.972     Document Type: Article

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