Ras and Rac1, frequently mutated in melanomas, are activated by superoxide anion, modulate Dnmt1 level and are causally related to melanocyte malignant transformation.

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Published in PLoS One on December 16, 2013

Authors

Fernanda Molognoni1, Fabiana Henriques Machado de Melo2, Camila Tainah da Silva1, Miriam Galvonas Jasiulionis1

Author Affiliations

1: Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil.
2: Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil ; Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil.

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