Melatonin does not inhibit estradiol-stimulated proliferation in MCF-7 and BG-1 cells

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1895-1900

  Baldwin, William S ^a   Travlos, Gregory S ^a   Risinger, John I ^a   Barrett, J Carl ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; PINEAL BODY HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 0031721678     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/19.11.1895     Document Type: Article

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