Epidermal growth factor receptor expression in pancreatic lesions induced in the rat by azaserine

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 92-98

  Visser, C J T ^a,b   De Weger, R A ^b   Van Blokland, W T M ^b   Seifert Bock, I ^b   Kobrin, M S ^c   Korc, M ^c   Woutersen, R A ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinar cell; Azaserine; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Pancreatic carcinogenesis

Indexed keywords

AZASERINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ACINAR CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MITOSIS RATE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0030035448     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.321     Document Type: Article

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