Hiwi mediated tumorigenesis is associated with DNA hypermethylation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Siddiqi, Sara ^a   Terry, Melissa ^a   Matushansky, Igor ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; HIWI PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE SILENCING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SARCOMA; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSPOSON; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84858405751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033711     Document Type: Article

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