An Sp1/Sp3 binding polymorphism confers methylation protection.

Hundreds of genes show aberrant DNA hypermethylation in cancer, yet little is known about the causes of this hypermethylation. We identified RIL as a frequent methylation target in cancer. In search for factors that influence RIL hypermethylation, we found a 12-bp polymorphic sequence around its tra...

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Main Authors: Yanis A Boumber, Yutaka Kondo, Xuqi Chen, Lanlan Shen, Yi Guo, Carmen Tellez, Marcos R H Estécio, Saira Ahmed, Jean-Pierre J Issa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-08-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2515197?pdf=render