Expression of β-catenin in normal breast tissue and breast carcinoma: A comparative study with epithelial cadherin and α-catenin

Histopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-146

  Hashizume, R ^a   Koizumi, H ^a   Ihara, A ^a   Ohta, T ^a   Uchikoshi, T ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecules; Breast carcinoma; Epithelial cadherin; catenin; catenin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029812950     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1996.d01-499.x     Document Type: Article

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