The effect of Epstein-Barr virus gene BHRF1 expression on radioresistance of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells

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Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 329-333

  Huang, H ^a   Pan, X H ^d   Zhou, J H ^a   Yu, L ^c   Kong, X T ^b   Zhou, S M ^a   Li, Z J ^a   Fu, Q ^c   Sun, X Y ^c  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Epstein Barr virus gene BHRF1; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; PLASMID VECTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TUMOR GROWTH; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, VIRAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031712406     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027619     Document Type: Article

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