Coexpression of transcripts encoding EPHB receptor protein tyrosine kinases and their ephrin-B ligands in human small cell lung carcinoma

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 455-460

  Tang, Xao X ^a   Brodeur, Garrett M ^a   Campling, Barbara G ^b   Ikegaki, Naohiko ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; EPHRIN-B3; HUMANS; LIGANDS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, EPHB2; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 1; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033016870     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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