Cancer epigenetics takes center stage - 1 views
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chanon chiarnpattanodom on 16 Apr 12DNA methylation is a chemical process where a methyl group is added on either the cytosine ring or the adenine ring, used in "higher leveled" organisms. Important in cell differentiation since methylation will cause cells to "remember" and remain differenciated instead of expressing other genes.
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Epigenetics is defined as modifications of the genome, heritable during cell division, that do not involve a change in the DNA sequence.
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Epigenetic alterations in cancer include global hypomethylation
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