Hypomethylated CpG around the transcription start site enables TERT expression and HPV16 E6 regulates TERT methylation in cervical cancer cells

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 534-541

  Jiang, Jing ^a   Zhao, Li Jun ^a   Zhao, Chao ^a   Zhang, Guo ^a   Zhao, Yun ^a   Li, Jing Ran ^a   Li, Xiao Ping ^a   Wei, Li Hui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cervix neoplasms; DNA methylation; E6; Human papillomavirus; Telomerase; TERT

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 18; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TUMOR GENE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 16; HUMANS; METHYLATION; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, VIRAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TELOMERASE; TRANSFECTION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84856702669     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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