Oestrogen receptor-α variant mRNA expression in primary human breast tumours and matched lymph node metastases

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 978-983

  Leygue, E ^a   Hall, R E ^b   Dotzlaw, H ^a   Watson, P H ^a   Murphy, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Metastasis; Oestrogen receptor variants

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DNA PRIMERS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033042512     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690156     Document Type: Article

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