Liver‐specific methionine adenosyltransferaseMAT1Agene expression is associated with a specific pattern of promoter methylation and histone acetylation: implications forMAT1Asilencing during transformation
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 14 (1) , 95-102
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.14.1.95
Abstract
Methionine adenosyltransferase (MAT) is the enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet), the main donor of methyl groups in the cell. In mammals MAT is the product of two g...Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institutes of Health (AR40343)
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