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<i>Helicobacter pylori</i> and Epigenetic Mechanisms Underlying Gastric Carcinogenesis
1 Jan 2007
Abstract excerpt
Gastric carcinogenesis is a multistep process triggered by Helicobacter pylori and characterized by accumulation of molecular alterations. Two mechanisms are implicated in cancer-related molecular alterations: genetic and epigenetic. The former includes changes in the DNA sequence, the latter occurs without changes of DNA sequence. However, the most important difference between genetic and epigenetic alterations...
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