Human N-ras, TRK-Tl,smd RET/PTC3. oncogenes, driven by a thyroglobulin promoter, differently affect the expression of differentiation markers and the proliferation of thyroid epithelial cells

Oncology Research

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 421-427

  Portella, Giuseppe ^a   Vitagliano, Donatella ^a   Borselli, Cristina ^a   Melillo, Rosa Marina ^a   Salvatore, Domenico ^a   Rothstein, Jay L ^a   Vecchio, Giancarlo ^a   Fusco, Alfredo ^a   Santoro, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Ras; RET; Thyroid; TRK; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NCOA4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOGENE PROTEIN TRK; ONCOPROTEIN; THYROGLOBULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FISCHER 344 RAT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOUSE; ONCOGENE RAS; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; MICE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033290322     PISSN: 09650407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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