Relaxation of imprinting of the insulin-like growth factor II gene in colorectal cancer

Cancer Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-108

  Kinouchi, Yoshitaka ^a   Hiwatashi, Nobuo ^a   Higashioka, Seiichi ^a   Nagashima, Fumio ^a   Chida, Masaki ^a   Toyota, Takayoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Imprinting; Insulin like growth factor II

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN B;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON MUCOSA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030271691     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(96)04348-0     Document Type: Article

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