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Novel polymorphisms in the SUV39H2 histone methyltransferase and the risk of lung cancer.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Nov 2006
Yoon Kyong-Ah, Hwangbo Bin, Kim Il-Jin, Park Sohee, Kim Hee Sun, Kee Hyun Jung, Lee Jong Eun, Jang Yeun Kyu, Park Jae-Gahb, Lee Jin Soo
Abstract excerpt
Histone H3 lysine 9 (H3-K9) methylation and DNA methylation are important features of mammalian heterochromatin. Suppressor of variegation 3-9 homolog 2 (SUV39H2) is the histone methyltransferase that is required to methylate H3-K9, leading to transcriptional repression or silencing of target genes. In this study, we investigated the association of SUV39H2 polymorphisms and the risk of lung cancer. From the...
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