Molecular pathways: Deregulation of histone H3 lysine 27 methylation in cancer - Different paths, same destination

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 20, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 5001-5008

  Ezponda, Teresa ^a   Licht, Jonathan D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPIGENETICS; EZH2 GENE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENOME ANALYSIS; GERMINAL CENTER; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASM; NEOPLASM; NONSENSE MUTATION; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UTX GENE; ANIMAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84908172308     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: 15573265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-13-2499     Document Type: Article

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