Relationship of myc protein expression to the phenotype and to the growth potential of hoc-7 ovarian cancer cells

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 93-98

  Somay, C ^a,b   Grunt, T W ^a   Mannhalter, C ^a   Dittrich, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FIBRONECTIN; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL CLONE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ONCOGENE C MYC; OVARY CANCER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINS; ADENOCARCINOMA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENES, MYC; HUMAN; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0026656601     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1992.223     Document Type: Article

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