Co-expression and regulation of met and ron proto-oncogenes in human hepatocellular carcinoma tissues and cell lines

Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-66

  Chen, Qiuyan ^a   Seol, Dai Wu ^a   Carr, Brian ^a   Zarnegar, Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MITOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTO ONCOGENE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TISSUE REPAIR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030976443     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1997.v26.pm0009214452     Document Type: Article

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