EZH2: Not EZHY (easy) to deal

Molecular Cancer Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 639-653

  Deb, Gauri ^a,c   Singh, Anup Kumar ^d   Gupta, Sanjay ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^d CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; LYSINE; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; EZH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; EPIGENETICS; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; ANIMAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2;

EID: 84900414359     PISSN: 15417786     EISSN: 15573125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-13-0546     Document Type: Review

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