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Developmental control of tumor suppressor gene methylation

 
  October, 18 2001 4:46
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Developmental control of tumor suppressor gene methylation


Methylation at CpG dinucleotides, the best undersood epigenetic mechanism in mammals, allows cells to silence transcription of particular genes in a relatively stable manner. This process seems to be at work during tumorigenesis in the epigenetic silencing of certain growth inhibitory genes.

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