Gebundenes Buch

DNA and Histone Methylation as Cancer Targets

Beschreibung

This book will focus on DNA and histone methylation in epigenetics and describe how it is involved in the molecular mechanisms responsible for the development of cancer. Chapters will summarize the current knowledge of the molecular basis of DNA and histone methylation and explain how it is involved in cancer, describe the features of DNA and histone methylation associated with particular types of cancer, diagnostic/therapeutic applications, and future directions of DNA and histone methylation as cancer targets.

Autor

Atsushi Kaneda, MD, PhD, is Professor, Department of Molecular Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. Yu-ichi Tsukada, PhD, is Professor, Advanced Biological Information Research Division, INAMORI Frontier Research Center, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

Produktdetails

• Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
• Verlag: Humana / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-59784-3
• Seitenzahl: 632
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1110g
• ISBN-13: 9783319597843
• ISBN-10: 3319597841
• Artikelnr.: 48101160