Transcriptional repression of the human galactocerebrosidase gene in squamous cell carcinomas of the larynx

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 750-754

  Görögh, Tibor ^a   Rudert, Heinrich ^a   Lippert, Burkard M ^b   Gottschlich, Stefan ^a   Maune, Steffen ^a   Heidorn, Klaus ^a   Maass, Jan ^a   Hoffmann, Markus ^a   Meyer, Jens E ^a   Rathcke, Immo O ^b   Folz, Benedikt J ^b   Hortobagyi, Tibor ^c   Werner, Jochen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLCERAMIDASE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENZYME REPRESSION; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDASE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOUTH MUCOSA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032710049     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19991210)83:6<750::AID-IJC9>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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