DNA methyltransferases and their roles in tumorigenesis

Biomarker Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Zhang, Wu ^a   Xu, Jie ^a  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferases; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B;

CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EPIGENETIC REPRESSION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 85031903494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20507771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40364-017-0081-z     Document Type: Review

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