• DOI:10.1007/s10555-008-9118-y
Corpus ID: 22435914

Demethylation of (Cytosine-5-C-methyl) DNA and regulation of transcription in the epigenetic pathways of cancer development

@article{Patra2008DemethylationO,
  title={Demethylation of (Cytosine-5-C-methyl) DNA and regulation of transcription in the epigenetic pathways of cancer development},
  author={S. Patra and A. Patra and F. Rizzi and T. Ghosh and S. Bettuzzi},
  journal={Cancer and Metastasis Reviews},
  year={2008},
  volume={27},
  pages={315-334}
}

• S. Patra, A. Patra, +2 authors S. Bettuzzi
• Published 2008
• Biology, Medicine
• Cancer and Metastasis Reviews

Cancer cells and tissues exhibit genome wide hypomethylation and regional hypermethylation. CpG-methylation of DNA (MeCpG-DNA) is defined as the formation of a C–C covalent bond between the 5′-C of cytosine and the –CH3 group of S-adenosylmethionine. Removal of the sole –CH3 group from the methylated cytosine of DNA is one of the many ways of DNA-demethylation, which contributes to activation of transcription. The mechanism of demethylation, the candidate enzyme(s) exhibiting direct demethylase… Expand

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