Suppression of E-cadherin and α- and β-catenin mRNA expression in the metastatic lesions of gynecological cancers

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 484-487

  Fujimoto, J ^a   Ichigo, S ^a   Hirose, R ^a   Sakaguchi, H ^a   Tamaya, T ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

and catenins; E cadherin; Gynecological cancers; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; MESSENGER RNA; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; OVARY CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AGED; ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0030696926     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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