Regulation of estrogen activity by sulfation in human MCF-7 breast cancer cells

Oncology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 589-596

  Falany, Josie L ^a   Falany, Charles N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer cells; Estrogen; Estrogen sulfotransferase

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; SULFATE; SULFOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOSOL; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CYTOSOL; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; HUMANS; SULFATES; SULFOTRANSFERASES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031311710     PISSN: 09650407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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