Overexpression of the human homologue of drosophila patched (PTCH) in skin tumours: Specificity for basal cell carcinoma

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 287-290

  Nagano, T ^a   Bito, T ^a   Kallassy, M ^b   Nakazawa, H ^b   Ichihashi, M ^a   Ueda, Masato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Drosophila segment polarity gene patched (PTCH); Naevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome; Sporadic basal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033028065     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.02664.x     Document Type: Article

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