Mucin Gene Expression in Normal, Preneoplastic, and Neoplastic Human Gastric Epithelium

Cancer Research

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 2681-2690

  Ho, Samuel B ^a   Shekels, Laurie L ^a   Toribara, Neil W ^b   Kim, Young S ^b   Lyftogt, Carolyn ^a   Cherwitz, David L ^a   Niehans, Gloria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RNA ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH EPITHELIUM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA PRIMERS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0029000780     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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