Laminin and collagen IV subunit distribution in normal and neoplastic tissues of colorectum and breast

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-229

  Hewitt, R E ^a,b   Powe, D G ^a   Morrell, K ^a   Bailey, E ^a   Leach, I H ^a   Ellis, I O ^a   Turner, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Breast cancer; Colorectal cancer; Laminin; Type IV collagen

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; LAMININ; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CARCINOMA; COLON MUCOSA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031023613     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.37     Document Type: Article

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