Mutations in the β-catenin gene (CTNNB1) in endometrioid ovarian carcinomas

Cancer Research

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1344-1347

  Palacios, José ^a   Gamallo, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BETA CATENIN; CARCINOMA, ENDOMETRIOID; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032054206     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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