Differential expression of the neuroendocrine genes Hel-NI and HuD in small-cell lung carcinoma: Evidence for down-regulation of HuD in the variant phenotype

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 378-382

  King, Peter H ^a,b  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b 1235 Jefferson Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HU PARANEOPLASTIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, NEOPLASM; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030880469     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970822)74:4<378::AID-IJC3>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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