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A novel polymorphism in human cytosine DNA-methyltransferase-3B promoter is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer.
Cancer research - 1 Sept 2002
Shen Hongbing, Wang Luo, Spitz Margaret R, Hong Waun K, Mao Li, Wei Qingyi
Abstract excerpt
DNA repair is central to genomic integrity. Reduced expression of several nucleotide excision repair genes has been demonstrated to be associated with increased risk of lung cancer. Because methylation of gene promoters is one of the major regulatory mechanisms of gene expression and most nucleot...
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