β-Catenin expression in primary and metastatic colorectal carcinoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 504-511

  Hugh, Thomas J ^a,b   Dillon, Stephanie A ^a   O'Dowd, Gerry ^a   Getty, Brian ^a   Pignatelli, Massimo ^c   Poston, Graeme J ^a   Kinsella, Anne R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032837577     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990812)82:4<504::AID-IJC6>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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