Expression of a novel Bcl-2 related gene, Bfl-1, in various human cancers and cancer cell lines

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6 D, 1997, Pages 4619-4622

  Park, In Chul ^a   Lee, Seung Hoon ^a   Whang, Dae Yong ^a   Hong, Weon Seon ^b   Choi, Sun Shim ^c   Shin, Hee Sup ^c   Choe, Tae Boo ^d   Hong, Seok Il ^a  

^a Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bfl 1 gene; Human cancers; Northern blot analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BFL 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOGENESIS; COLON ADENOMA; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OSTEOSARCOMA; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOMA; APOPTOSIS; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SARCOMA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031427428     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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