E-, P-, and N-cadherin are Co-expressed in the nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line TW-039

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 161-172

  Lou, Pei Jen ^a   Chen, Wen Pin ^a   Lin, Chin Tarng ^a   DePhilip, Robert M ^b   Wu, Jiahn Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadherin; Immunoblot; Immunocytochemistry; Immunoprecipitation; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; catenin

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0033452084     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(20000101)76:1<161::AID-JCB16>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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