Antisense galectin-3 alters thymidine incorporation in human MDA-MB435 breast cancer cells

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-264

  Van den Brûle, Frédéric A ^a,d   Bellahcene, Akeila ^a   Jackers, Pascale ^a   Liu, F U Tong ^b   Sobel, Mark E ^c   Castronovo, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Metastasis Research Laboratory   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antisense; Breast cancer; Galectin 3; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 3; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

EID: 0030747819     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.11.2.261     Document Type: Article

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