Transformation and morphological changes of murine L cells by transfection with a mutated form of β-catenin

Cancer Research

Volumn 59, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 3539-3542

  Nagasawa, Yutaka ^a,b   Miyoshi, Yasuo ^a   Iwao, Kyoko ^a   Shinomura, Yasuhisa ^b   Matsuzawa, Yuji ^b   Nakamura, Yusuke ^a,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CLONE CELLS; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA; EXONS; FETAL BLOOD; L CELLS (CELL LINE); MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033179384     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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