Expression of human β 1,4-galactosyltransferase in gynecological cancer cell lines

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-122

  Ma, Jun ^a   Kubushiro, Kaneyuki ^a   Tashima, Yasuhiro ^a   Tsukazaki, Katsumi ^a   Udagawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Nozawa, Shiro ^a   Fukuda, Michiko N ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cDNA probes; Gynecological cancer; Human 1,4 galactosyltransferase; Immunocytochemical staining; Northern blot analysis; Western blot analysis

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GOLGI COMPLEX; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030788166     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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