Detection of methylation in the CpG islands of the RASSF1A and RAR2b gene promoters in breast cancer (BC)

K. Desiris,S. Voyatzi,P. Stravoravdi,I. Boukovinas,A. Kiziridou,Dimitrios Paikos,E. Stergiou,G. Sibilidis

Detection of methylation in the CpG islands of the RASSF1A and RAR2b gene promoters in breast cancer (BC)

2009

K. Desiris
S. Voyatzi
P. Stravoravdi
I. Boukovinas
A. Kiziridou
Dimitrios Paikos
E. Stergiou
G. Sibilidis

e14632 Background: Aberrant methylation of CpG islands of cancer-related genes has emerged as an important epigenetic mechanism during carcinogenesis. We examined the methylation of RASSF1A (Ras-as...

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CpG site
Breast cancer
Methylation
Biology
Cancer research
Promoter
aberrant methylation
Epigenetic Mechanism
Carcinogenesis
Medicine
Gene

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