Expression of FGFR2 BEK and K-SAM mRNA variants in normal and malignant human breast

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 518-524

  Luqmani, Y A ^a,b   Bansal, G S ^a   Mortimer, C ^a   Buluwela, L ^a   Coombes, R C ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

BEK; Fibroblast growth factor receptor; Human breast; K SAM; PCR

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029931032     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(95)00563-3     Document Type: Article

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