Hypermethylated in cancer polypeptide, HIC-1

Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; – Proteins – i.e. – more than 100 amino acid residues

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C07K 1447

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ABSTRACT:
Polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences encoding a novel tumor suppressor, HIC-1, are provided. Also included is a method for detecting a cell proliferative disorder associated, with HIC-1. HIC-1 is a marker which can be used diagnostically, prognostically and therapeutically over the course of such disorders.

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Pieretti, et al., Hypermethylation at a Chromosome 17 "Hot Spot" Is a Common Event in Ovarian Cancer, Human Pathology, 26(4):398-401, 1995.
Wales, et al., p. 53 activates expression of HIC-1, a new candidate tumor suppressor gene on 17p13.3, Nature Medicine, 1(6):570-577, 1995.
Jones and Buckley, The Role of DNA Methylation in Cancer, Advances in Cancer Research, 54:1-23, 1990.

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