Rat hepatoma cells that do not synthesize the hepatic enzyme ornithine carbamoyl transferase spontaneously give rise to producing cells at a low frequency. Reexpression of this differentiation trait is strongly increased by 5-azacytidine treatment, suggesting that hypermethylation plays a critical role in the impaired expression of the ornithine carbamoyl transferase gene in hepatoma cells.
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