Epigenetics in human disease and prospects for epigenetic therapy.

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Published in Nature on May 27, 2004

Authors

Gerda Egger1, Gangning Liang, Ana Aparicio, Peter A Jones

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Room 8302L, Los Angeles, California 90089-9181, USA.

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