Expression of Messenger RNAs for Platelet-derived Growth Factor and Transforming Growth Factor-α and Their Receptors in Human Malignant Glioma Cell Lines

Cancer Research

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 1988, Pages 3910-3918

  Nister M ^a   Libermann, T A ^b   Betsholtz, C ^a   Pettersson, M ^a   Claesson Welsh, L ^c   Heldin, C H ^c   Schlessinger, J ^b   Westermark, B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b King of Prussia ^*  (United States)

^c LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CELL LINE; DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLIOMA; HUMAN; PEPTIDES; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; POLY A; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0023747564     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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