α-catenin-deficient F9 cells differentiate into signet ring cells

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1323-1328

  Maeno, Yoshito ^a,b   Moroi, Seiji ^a   Nagashima, Hirotaka ^c   Noda, Tetsuo ^d   Shiozaki, Hitoshi ^b   Monden, Morito ^b   Tsukita, Shoichiro ^a   Nagafuchi, Akira ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; RETINOIC ACID;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032910614     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65385-0     Document Type: Article

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