Cytoplasmic β-catenin in esophageal cancers

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 174-178

  Kimura, Yutaka ^a   Shiozaki, Hitoshi ^a   Doki, Yuichiro ^a   Yamamoto, Makoto ^a   Utsunomiya, Takehiro ^a   Kawanishi, Kenshu ^a   Fukuchi, Nariaki ^a   Inoue, Masatoshi ^a   Tsujinaka, Toshimasa ^a   Monden, Morito ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DOGS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; GENES, APC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033010682     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990420)84:2<174::AID-IJC14>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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