An Exon 5 Deletion Variant of the Estrogen Receptor Frequently Coexpressed with Wild-Type Estrogen Receptor in Human Breast Cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 53, Issue 24, 1993, Pages 5882-5884

  Zhang, Qiu Xia ^a   Borg, Ake ^b   Fuqua, Suzanne A W ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0027138874     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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