Piwis and piwi-interacting RNAs in the epigenetics of cancer

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 373-380

  Siddiqi, Sara ^a   Matushansky, Igor ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; DNA methylation; Epigenetic regulation; piRNA; Piwi; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PIWI PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; STEM CELL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 81955162265     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.23363     Document Type: Review

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