Research Catalog

Title

DNA methylation and cancer / edited by P.A. Jones and P.K. Vogt.

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors

• Jones, P. A. (Peter A.)
• Vogt, P. K. (Peter K.), 1932-

Description

vi, 169 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 0070-217X ; 249

Uniform Title

Current topics in microbiology and immunology ; 249.

Subjects

• DNA > Methylation
• Antineoplastic Agents > pharmacology
• CpG Islands > genetics
• DNA Methylation
• Neoplasms > genetics
• Carcinogenesis
• Genes, Tumor Suppressor
• Cancer > Genetic aspects
• Genetic regulation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Mutation hotspots and DNA methylation / G.P. Pfeifer, M.-s. Tang, and M.F. Denissenko -- The role of DNA methylation in modulating Epstein-Barr virus gene expression / K.D. Robertson -- Promoter-region hypermethylation and gene silencing in human cancer / J.G. Herman and S.B. Baylin -- Mammalian methyltransferases and methyl-CpG-binding domains : proteins involved in DNA methylation / B. Hendrich and A. Bird -- Relationship between transcription and DNA methylation / M.F. Chan, G. Liang, and P.A. Jones -- DNA methylation, genomic imprinting and cancer / A.P. Feinberg -- CpG-island methylation in aging and cancer / J.-P. Issa -- Mouse models in DNA-methylation research / P.W. Laird -- DNA methylation inhibitors in the treatment of leukemias, myelodysplastic syndromes and hemoglobinopathies : clinical results and possible mechanisms of action / M. Lübbert.

ISBN

3540666087 (alk. paper)

LCCN

15012910

OCLC

• ocm43495140
• SCSB-3828259

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries