Pro-protein convertase gene expression in human breast cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 966-971

  Cheng, Min ^a   Watson, Peter H ^a   Paterson, Jean A ^a   Seidah, Nabil ^b   Chrétien, Michel ^b   Shiu, Roben P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FURIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUBTILISINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030982225     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970611)71:6<966::AID-IJC10>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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