Preliminary methylation analysis of prothymosin αgenomic sequences

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 596-601

  Álvarez Ferńndez, Leoncio ^a   Gómez Márquez, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cell differentiation; gastrointestinal tumors; methylation; proliferation; prothymosin

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENES; MAMMALS; METHYLATION; TUMORS;

BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENOMIC SEQUENCE; HYPERMETHYLATION; HYPOMETHYLATION; METHYLATION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROLIFERATION;

ALKYLATION;

MESSENGER RNA; PROTHYMOSIN ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTHYMOSIN ALPHA GENE; PSEUDOGENE; TUMOR CELL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84862985059     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o2012-007     Document Type: Article

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