The BRAF(V600E) causes widespread alterations in gene methylation in the genome of melanoma cells.

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Published in Cell Cycle on January 15, 2012

Authors

Peng Hou1, Dingxie Liu, Jianli Dong, Mingzhao Xing

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1: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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