Molecular mechanisms of proliferation in endometrial tumour cells

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 526-531

  Bamberger, Ana Maria ^a   Bamberger, Christoph M ^a   Schulte, Heinrich M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Endometrium; Oncogenes; Protein kinase C; Steroid receptors

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ISOENZYME; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE C; STEROID RECEPTOR;

CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ONCOGENE; ONCOGENE K RAS; ONCOGENE NEU; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL DIVISION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ONCOGENES; PROTEIN KINASE C; RECEPTORS, STEROID; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 0032424670     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/4.5.526     Document Type: Conference Paper

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