Modulation of estrogen receptor gene expression in human breast cancer cells: A decoy strategy with specific PCR-generated DNA fragments

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 227-235

  Penolazzi, Letizia ^a   Lambertini, Elisabetta ^a   Aguiari, Gianluca ^a   Del Senno, Laura ^a   Piva, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Double stranded DNA decoy; Estrogen receptor gene; MCF7; RNA expression

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031697934     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006060523381     Document Type: Article

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