Expression of a truncated epidermal growth factor receptor-like protein (TEGFR) in ovarian cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-41

  Ilekis, John V ^a   Gariti, James ^a   Niederberger, Craig ^b   Scoccia, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIGAND BINDING; METASTASIS; OVARY CANCER; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0031128015     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1996.4526     Document Type: Article

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