Suppression of tumorigenicity of human lung carcinoma cells after transfection with connexin43

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1889-1894

  Zhang, Zhi Qian ^a   Zhang, Wenjun ^a   Wang, Nai Qin ^a   Bani Yaghoub, Mahmud ^b   Lin, Zhong Xiang ^a   Naus, Christian C G ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031751717     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/19.11.1889     Document Type: Article

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