Expression of e-cadherin and α- and β-catenin mrnas in uterine cervical cancers

Tumor Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 206-212

  Fujimoto, Jiro ^a   Ichigo, Satoshi ^a   Hirose, Reiko ^a   Sakaguchi, Hideki ^a   Tamaya, Teruhiko ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

E Cadherin; Uterine cervical cancer; and Catenins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030855292     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: 14230380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000218033     Document Type: Article

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