Gastrin gene expression is required for the proliferation and tumorigenicity of human colon cancer cells

Cancer Research

Volumn 56, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 4111-4115

  Singh, Pomila ^a,b   Owlia, Azar ^a   Varro, Andrea ^c   Dai, Bosong ^a   Rajaraman, S ^a   Wood, T ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTRIN;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTRIN RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DNA PRIMERS; GASTRINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029813569     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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