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Title: DNA methylation and complete transcriptional silencing of cancer genes persist after depletion of EZH2.

Authors: McGarvey, Kelly M; Greene, Eriko; Fahrner, Jill A; Jenuwein, Thomas; Baylin, Stephen B

Published In Cancer Res, (2007 Jun 1)

Abstract: Recent work suggests a link between the polycomb group protein EZH2 and mediation of gene silencing in association with maintenance of DNA methylation. However, we show that whereas basally expressed target cancer genes with minimal DNA methylation have increased transcription during EZH2 knockdown, densely DNA hypermethylated and silenced genes retain their methylation and remain transcriptionally silent. These results suggest that EZH2 can modulate transcription of basally expressed genes but not silent genes that are densely DNA methylated.

PubMed ID: 17545586 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: No MeSH terms associated with this publication

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