Expression of E-cadherin and α- and β-catenin mRNAs in ovarian cancers

Cancer Letters

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-212

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

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

and catenin; E cadherin; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MESSENGER RNA; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030906613     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)04735-6     Document Type: Article

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