Epidermal Growth Factor Gene Expression in Human Breast Cancer Cells: Regulation of Expression by Progestins

Cancer Research

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 1988, Pages 4555-4560

  Murphy, Leigh C ^a   Murphy, Liam J ^a   Dubik, Don ^a   Bell, Graeme I ^a   Shiu, Robert P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16ALPHA ETHYL 21 HYDROXY 19 NORPREGN 4 ENE 3,20 DIONE; ANDROSTANOLONE; DEXAMETHASONE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MESSENGER RNA; MIFEPRISTONE; PROMEGESTONE;

BREAST CANCER; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTRENES; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTATIONAL HORMONES; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0023681190     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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