The Role of RASSF1A Methylation in Cancer

Tumour suppressor gene inactivation is critical to the pathogenesis of cancers; such loss of function may be mediated by irreversible processes such as gene deletion or mutation. Alternatively tumour suppressor genes may be inactivated via epigenetic processes a reversible mechanism that promises to...

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Main Authors: Luke B. Hesson, Wendy N. Cooper, Farida Latif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2007-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/291538