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. Contact: John Ashkenas scied@the-jci.org 416-946-7593 Journal of Clinical Investigation
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