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Global DNA hypomethylation coupled to repressive chromatin domain formation and gene silencing in breast cancer.
Genome research - 1 Feb 2012
Hon Gary C, Hawkins R David, Caballero Otavia L, Lo Christine, Lister Ryan, Pelizzola Mattia, Valsesia Armand, Ye Zhen, Kuan Samantha, Edsall Lee E, Camargo Anamaria Aranha, Stevenson Brian J, Ecker Joseph R, Bafna Vineet, Strausberg Robert L, Simpson Andrew J, Ren Bing
Abstract excerpt
While genetic mutation is a hallmark of cancer, many cancers also acquire epigenetic alterations during tumorigenesis including aberrant DNA hypermethylation of tumor suppressors, as well as changes in chromatin modifications as caused by genetic mutations of the chromatin-modifying machinery. However, the extent of epigenetic alterations in cancer cells has not been fully characterized. Here, we describe...
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