Distribution of the cadherin-catenin complex in normal human thyroid epithelium and a thyroid carcinoma cell line

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 330-337

  Huang, Shih Horng ^a   Wu, Jiahn Chun ^a   Chang, King Jen ^a   Liaw, Koung Yi ^a   Wang, Seu Mei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cadherin; Catenins; Cell cell adhesion; Epithelial cell; Thyroid carcinoma cell

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CATENIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VINCULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ACTININ; ACTINS; ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GAMMA CATENIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VINCULIN;

EID: 0031880853     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19980901)70:3<330::AID-JCB6>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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