Expression of c-myc in human colonic tissue in response to β-carotene supplementation

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-139

  Gowda, Bettaiah ^a   Qin, Jan ^b   Mobarhan, Sohrab ^a   Frommel, Thomas O ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; ISOTRETINOIN; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON; COLON BIOPSY; COLON POLYP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ONCOGENE C MYC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ATRA;

EID: 0030870591     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635589709514565     Document Type: Article

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