Detection of the DCC gene product in normal and malignant colorectal tissues and its relation to a codon 201 mutation

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 588-594

  Schmitt, C A ^a   Thaler, K R ^a   Wittig, B M ^a   Kaulen, H ^a   Meyer Zum Buschenfelde K H ^a   Dippold, W G ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b St Vinzenz und Elizabeth Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; DCC; Immunohistochemistry; Loss of heterozygosity; Prognosis; Tumour suppressor gene

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; COLON; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0031974873     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.95     Document Type: Article

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