Epigenetics in prostate cancer: clinical implications
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Prostate cancer epigenetics and its clinical implications
Normal cells have a level of epigenetic programming that is superimposed on the genetic code to establish and maintain their cell identity and phenotypes. This epigenetic programming can be thought as the architecture, a sort of cityscape, that is built upon the underlying genetic landscape. The epigenetic programming is encoded by a complex set of chemical marks on DNA, on histone proteins in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Translational Andrology and Urology
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2223-4683,2223-4691
DOI: 10.21037/tau-20-1339