APC expression in normal human tissues

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 426-433

  Midgley, Carol A ^a   White, Susan ^b   Howitt, Rachel ^c   Save, Vicki ^c   Dunlop, Malcolm G ^b   Hall, Peter A ^c   Lane, David P ^a   Wyllie, Andrew H ^b   Bubb, Vivien J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d Molecular Medicine Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APC; immunocytochemistry; normal tissue

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; APC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, APC; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031006251     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199704)181:4<426::AID-PATH768>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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