Inhibition of human methionine adenosyltransferase 1A transcription by coding region methylation

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 227, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1583-1591

  Tomasi, Maria Lauda ^a   Li, Tony W H ^a   Li, Mei ^a   Mato, José M ^b   Lu, Shelly C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DEMETHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEK293 CELLS; HEP G2 CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84862907942     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22875     Document Type: Article

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