Analysis of anomalous CD44 gene expression in human breast, bladder, and colon cancer and correlation of observed mRNA and protein isoforms

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1519-1530

  Woodman, Anthony C ^a   Sugiyama, Makoto ^b   Yoshida, Kazuhiro ^a   Sugino, Takashi ^a   Borgya, Annelies ^c   Goodison, Steven ^a   Matsumura, Yasuhiro ^d   Tarin, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN; RNA; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSLATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0029855521     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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