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Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of a putative tumor susceptibility gene, GNMT, in liver cancer.
Cancer research - 1 Feb 2003
Tseng Tzu-Ling, Shih Yi-Ping, Huang Yu-Chuen, Wang Chung-Kwe, Chen Pao-Huei, Chang Jan-Gowth, Yeh Kun-Tu, Chen Yi-Ming Arthur, Buetow Kenneth H
Abstract excerpt
Glycine N-methyltransferase (GNMT), a multifunctional protein involved in the maintenance of the genetic stability, is often down-regulated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Using genotypic characterization of GNMT in hepatoma cell lines and in a Taiwanese population with a high incidence of liver cancer we have investigated the role of this gene in the progression of liver cancer. Six novel polymorphisms,...
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