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Epigenetic regulation of the embryonic oncogene ERas in gastric cancer cells.
International journal of oncology - 1 Nov 2009
Yashiro Masakazu, Yasuda Koichi, Nishii Takafumi, Kaizaki Ryoji, Sawada Tetsuji, Ohira Masaichi, Hirakawa Kosei
Abstract excerpt
ERas is a recently identified oncogene that supports the tumorigenic growth of embryonic stem cells, it is constitutively active in the absence of mutation. ERas oncogene is expressed only in viviparity phase cells, but not in somatic cells because of epigenetic transcriptional silencing in the s...
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