Overexpression of C/EBPβ-LIP, a naturally occurring, dominant- negative transcription factor, in human breast cancer

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 89, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 1887-1891

  Zahnow, Cynthia A ^a   Younes, Pamela ^b   Laucirica, Rodolfo ^b   Rosen, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREAST TUMOR; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PLOIDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-BETA; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLOIDIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0031283125     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/89.24.1887     Document Type: Article

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