Silencing of cancer-germline genes in human preimplantation embryos: Evidence for active de novo DNA methylation in stem cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 417, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 187-191

  Loriot, Axelle ^a   Parvizi, Grégory K ^a   Reister, Sven ^a,b   De Smet, Charles ^a  

^a DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Cancer germline genes; DNA methylation; Embryonal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MAGEA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORULA; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

BLASTOCYST; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE SILENCING; GENES, NEOPLASM; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MELANOMA-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 84855780711     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.11.120     Document Type: Article

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