Expression of a novel splicing variant deleting exons 4 and 6 of the progesterone receptor gene is a rare event in breast cancer

Oncology Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 305-308

  Nagao, Kumi ^a   Kohno, Norio ^b   Wakita, Kazuyuki ^c   Hikiji, Kazumasa ^a   Yamamoto, Shigeki ^a   Hirata, Hiroyuki ^a   Hisatomi, Hisashi ^a  

^a SRL INC   (Japan)

^b HYOGO MEDICAL CENTER FOR ADULTS   (Japan)

^c YODOGAWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Breast cancer; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CELL CULTURE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; JAPAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0013179840     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.10.2.305     Document Type: Article

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