Cadherin expression in melanocytic naevi and malignant melanomas

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-187

  Cowley, Gerard P ^a   Smith, Mark E F ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E cadherin; melanocyte; naevus, malignant melanoma; pan cadherin

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; UVOMORULIN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029954692     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199606)179:2<183::AID-PATH554>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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