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Methylation and intratumoural heterogeneity of 14-3-3 sigma in oral cancer.
Oncology reports - 1 Oct 2007
Bhawal Ujjal Kumar, Tsukinoki Keiichi, Sasahira Tomonori, Sato Fuyuki, Mori Yusuke, Muto Noriko, Sugiyama Masaru, Kuniyasu Hiroki
Abstract excerpt
14-3-3 sigma has been a major G2/M checkpoint control gene and has demonstrated that its inactivation in various cancers occurs mostly by epigenetic hypermethylation, not by genetic change. This study investigated the methylation status and expression of the 14-3-3 sigma gene in 46 oral squamous...
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