... regulation of growth and differentiation in eukaryotic cells [1,82].Despite profound improvements in our understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of action of the Ras proteins, the expanding ... demethylation and hypermethylation.AcknowledgementsThis review is dedicated (by SKP) to Dr MK Pal,retired professor of biochemistry, University of Kaly-ani and Dr D Chattopadhyay, professor of biochemis-try, ... loss of MGMT expression resultsin G to A transitions of the K-Ras oncogene(the most frequently mutated isoform of Ras), and of p53 [1,5,6,41,99]. MGMT, aDNA repair protein, removes mutagenic and cytotoxic...