DNA methyltransferase inhibition induces the transcription of the tumor suppressor p21 WAF1/CIP1/sdi1

S Milutinovic, JD Knox, M Szyf - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2000 - ASBMB
Previous lines of evidence have shown that inhibition of DNA methyltransferase (MeTase)
can arrest tumor cell growth; however, the mechanisms involved were not clear. In this …

The DNA methylation machinery as a therapeutic target

M Szyf - Current Drug Targets, 2000 - ingentaconnect.com
Pharmacology and therapeutics have traditionally focused on altering the activity of specific
proteins that play an important physiological role either to counteract disease processes or …

Effect of light quality and 5‐azacytidine on genomic methylation and stem elongation in two ecotypes of Stellaria longipes

GS Tatra, J Miranda, CC Chinnappa… - Physiologia …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Changes in cytosine methylation are known to occur in response to various environmental
stimuli, therefore, we looked at methylation changes in relation to stem elongation. More …

Allele-specific histone acetylation accompanies genomic imprinting of the insulin-like growth factor II receptor gene

JF Hu, J Pham, I Dey, T Li, TH Vu, AR Hoffman - Endocrinology, 2000 - academic.oup.com
The mouse insulin-like growth factor II receptor (Igf2r) gene encodes two reciprocally
imprinted RNA transcripts: paternally imprinted Igf2r sense and maternally imprinted Igf2r …

How does DNA methyltransferase cause oncogenic transformation?

M Szyf, DJ Knox, S Milutinovic… - Annals of the New …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Global hypomethylation of genes and repetitive sequences, as well as hypermethylation of
certain genes known to be involved in tumor suppression, are observed concurrently in …

Examination of the DNA substrate selectivity of DNA cytosine methyltransferases using mass tagging

V Rusmintratip, AD Riggs, LC Sowers - Nucleic acids research, 2000 - academic.oup.com
The biological significance of cytosine methylation is as yet incompletely understood, but
substantial and growing evidence strongly suggests that perturbation of methylation …

[PDF][PDF] Veränderungen von zellulären DNA-Methylierungs-und Expressionsmustern in transgenen eukaryontischen Systemen

K Müller - 2000 - kups.ub.uni-koeln.de
Kohlenstoff-6 angreift und so ein kovalentes DNA-Protein-Intermediat bildet. Die Addition
des Nukleophils aktiviert das Kohlenstoff-5 des Pyrimidinringes und ermöglicht so den …