Childhood hepatoblastomas frequently carry a mutated degradation targeting box of the β-catenin gene

Cancer Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-273

  Koch, Arend ^a   Denkhaus, Dorota ^a   Albrecht, Steffen ^b   Leuschner, Ivo ^c   Von Schweinitz, Dietrich ^d   Pietsch, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA CATENIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, APC; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033556426     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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