Regulation of death promoter Bak expression by cell density and 17β-estradiol in MCF-7 cells

Cancer Letters

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-52

  Leung, Lai K ^a   Do, Linh ^a   Wang, Thomas T Y ^a  

^a Lab of Nutritional and Molec Reg   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bak; Bcl 2; Breast cancer; Estradiol

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL DENSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REACTION TIME;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL COUNT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 0032512803     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)00430-8     Document Type: Article

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