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A KRAS-directed transcriptional silencing pathway that mediates the CpG island methylator phenotype.
eLife - 12 Mar 2014
Serra Ryan W, Fang Minggang, Park Sung Mi, Hutchinson Lloyd, Green Michael R
Abstract excerpt
Approximately 70% of KRAS-positive colorectal cancers (CRCs) have a CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) characterized by aberrant DNA hypermethylation and transcriptional silencing of many genes. The factors involved in, and the mechanistic basis of, CIMP is not understood. Among the CIMP genes are the tumor suppressors p14(ARF), p15(INK4B), and p16(INK4A), encoded by the INK4-ARF locus. In this study, we...
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