Comparative analysis of smooth muscle isoactin gene expression in normal and neoplastic tissues

Pathobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 113-122

  Brittingham, Jacqueline ^a   Liaw, Danny ^a   Liddell, Rebecca ^b   Mc Hugh, Mary ^c   Mc Cue, Peter ^a   Mc Hugh, Kirk M ^a  

^a Anatomy and Cell Biology ^*  (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Our Lady of Lourdes Medicine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Leiomyomas; Leiomyosarcomas; Smooth muscle; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE TUMOR; MYOMETRIUM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0030791990     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: 14230291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000164112     Document Type: Article

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