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Genetics supersedes epigenetics in colon cancer phenotype.
Cancer cell - 1 Aug 2003
Yamashita Kentaro, Dai Tomoko, Dai Yuichi, Yamamoto Fumiichiro, Perucho Manuel
Abstract excerpt
A CpG island DNA methylator phenotype has been postulated to explain silencing of the hMLH1 DNA mismatch repair gene in cancer of the microsatellite mutator phenotype. To evaluate this model, we analyzed methylation in CpG islands from six mutator and suppressor genes, and thirty random genomic s...
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