CaSm: An Sm-like protein that contributes to the transformed state in cancer cells

Cancer Research

Volumn 57, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 2961-2965

  Schweinfest, Clifford W ^a   Graber, Michael W ^a,c   Chapman, Jeannie M ^a   Papas, Takis S ^a   Baron, Paul L ^b   Watson, Dennis K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOANTIGENS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0030745970     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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