The induction of smooth muscle α actin in a transformed rat cell line suppresses malignant properties in vitro and in vivo

Cancer Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-178

  Okamoto Inoue, Mitsuse ^a   Kamada, Shinji ^b   Kimura, Genki ^c   Taniguchi, Shun'Ichiro ^d  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene transfer; Smooth muscle actin; Suppression of malignancy; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYOMAVIRUS; RATS; THIGH; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032973589     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(99)00150-0     Document Type: Article

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