Immunohistochemical detection of the MUC1 gene product in human cancers grown in scid mice

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-134

  Schumacher, Udo ^a   Adam, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colon cancer; Human; Metastasis; Microenvironment; MUC1; Mucin; Polymorphic epithelial mucin; Scid mouse; Small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MUCIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0031985662     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549804600116     Document Type: Article

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