Elevated protein kinase CK2 activity in chromatin of head and neck tumors: Association with malignant transformation

Cancer Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-35

  Faust, Russell A ^a,b   Gapany, Markus ^a   Tristani, Payam ^a   Davis, Alan ^a,b   Adams, George L ^a   Ahmed, Khalil ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Head and neck tumors; Protein kinase CK2 activity

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE C;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030021720     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(96)04110-9     Document Type: Article

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