FIGURE 1  Effects of DNA methylation and chromatin structure on gene transcription in normal and tumor cells

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Combination therapy with DNA methyltransferase inhibitors in hematologic malignancies

Steven D Gore

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology (2005) 2, S30-S35
doi:10.1038/ncponc0346

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Figure 1.  Effects of DNA methylation and chromatin structure on gene transcription in normal and tumor cells

Ac, acetyl; DNMT, DNA methyltransferase; H(3, 4), histone (3, 4); HDAC, histone deacetylase; MBD, MeCP2, methyl-CpG binding proteins; MTase, methyltransferase; TRD, transcriptional repression domain; TSA, trichostatin A; VPA, valproic acid. Reprinted with permission from Leone G et al. (2003) Inhibitors of DNA methylation in the treatment of hematological malignancies and MDS. Clinical Immunology 109: 89–102. © (2003) Elsevier.

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