Molecular analysis of aberrant expression of aromatase in breast cancer tissues

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Harada, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adipose stromal cells; FCS dependent DNA binding factor; Fluorometric promoter assay; Switching of alternative exons 1

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; FORSKOLIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STROMA CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AROMATASE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031721604     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006076101178     Document Type: Article

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