High incidence of amplification of the epidermal growth factor receptor gene in human squamous carcinoma cell lines

Cancer Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 414-416

  Yamamoto, Tadashi ^a   Kawano, Hiroko ^a   Shimizu, Shoichi ^a   Kuroki, Toshio ^a   Toyoshima, Kumao ^a   Kamata, Nobuyuki ^b   Rikimani, Koichi ^b   Nomura, Nobuo ^c   Ishizaki, Ryotaro ^c   Pastan, Ira ^d   Gamou, Shinobu ^e   Shimizu, Nobuyoshi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL LINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 0022653770     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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