Characterization of a nontumorigenic human breast epithelial cell line stably transfected with the human estrogen receptor (ER) cDNA

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-59

  Lundholt, B K ^a   Madsen, M W ^a   Lykkesfeldt, A E ^a   Petersen, O W ^a,b   Briand, P ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Human breast epithelial cell line; Transfection

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL LINE; DNA TRANSFECTION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0030013279     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(96)03793-8     Document Type: Article

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