Comparative expression of the LINE-1 p40 protein in human breast carcinomas and normal breast tissues

Oncology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 239-247

  Asch, Harold L ^a   Eliacin, Elizabeth ^a   Fanning, Thomas G ^b   Connolly, James L ^c   Bratthauer, Gary ^b   Asch, Bonnie B ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; DNA insertion element; LINE 1; retrotransposon

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN P40; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST REDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON;

EID: 0029964886     PISSN: 09650407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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