Nuclear overexpression of the oncoprotein β-Catenin in colorectal cancer is localized predominantly at the invasion front

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 194, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 701-704

  Brabletz, Thomas ^a   Jung, Andreas ^a   Hermann, Kathrin ^a   Günther, Klaus ^a   Hohenberger, Werner ^a   Kirchner, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Invasion; Nuclear Catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; ONCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; COLON MUCOSA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0031727409     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(98)80129-5     Document Type: Article

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