Amplification of the c-erbB-2 (HER-2/neu) gene in gastric cancer cells: Detection by fluorescence in situ hybridization

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 761-768

  Ishikawa, Toshihiro ^a   Kobayashi, Masako ^a   Mai, Masayoshi ^a   Suzuki, Toshimitsu ^b   Ooi, Akishi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 17Q; DOUBLE MINUTE CHROMOSOME; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ONCOGENE C ERB; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STOMACH CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030983871     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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