A comparative evaluation of various invasion assays testing colon carcinoma cell lines

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 934-941

  De Both, N J ^a   Vermey, M ^a   Dinjens, W N ^a   Bosman, F T ^b  

^a JOSEPHINE NEFKENS INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chicken hearts; Confluent fibroblast layers; Matrigel; Orthotopic transplantation

Indexed keywords

MATRIGEL; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL SHAPE; CHICKEN; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE; FIBROBLAST; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CADHERINS; CELL SIZE; CHICKENS; COLLAGEN; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LAMININ; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MYOCARDIUM; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROTEOGLYCANS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0032701755     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690790     Document Type: Article

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