Fol. Biol. 2015, 61, 81-89

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2015061020081

Curcumin-Mediated Reversal of p15 Gene Promoter Methylation: Implication in Anti-Neoplastic Action against Acute Lymphoid Leukaemia Cell Line

V. Sharma1, A. K. Jha1, A. Kumar1, A. Bhatnagar2, G. Narayan3, Jagdeep Kaur1

1Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
2Department of Biochemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
3Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Received October 2014
Accepted March 2015

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