Inhibition of tumor growth by ribozyme-mediated suppression of aberrant epidermal growth factor receptor gene expression

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 581-587

  Yamazaki, Hitoshi ^a   Kijima, Hiroshi ^a   Ohnishi, Yasuyuki ^b   Abe, Yoshiyuki ^a   Oshika, Yoshiro ^a   Tsuchida, Takashi ^a   Tokunaga, Tetsuji ^a   Tsugu, Atsushi ^a   Ueyama, Yoshito ^c   Tamaoki, Norikazu ^a   Nakamura, Masato ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; RIBOZYME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PLASMID; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 0032522815     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.8.581     Document Type: Article

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