DNA methylation as a universal biomarker
- 1 May 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics
- Vol. 10 (4) , 481-488
Abstract
Cell-free circulating DNA carries not only tumor-specific changes in its sequence but also distinctive epigenetic marks, namely DNA methylation, in certain GC-rich fragments. These fragments are us...Keywords
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