Roles for Nkx3.1 in prostate development and cancer

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 966-977

  Bhatia Gaur, Rajula ^a,b   Donjacour, Annemarie A ^c   Sciavolino, Peter J ^a,b,f   Kim, Minjung ^a,b   Desai, Nishita ^a,b   Young, Peter ^c   Norton, Christine R ^d   Gridley, Thomas ^d   Cardiff, Robert D ^e   Cunha, Gerald R ^c   Abate Shen, Cory ^a,b   Shen, Michael M ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SciavoTECH Res Consult Serv Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulbourethral gland; Haploinsufficiency; Hyperplasia dysplasia; Organogenesis; Prostate; Tumor suppressor gene

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE MUTATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033561173     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.8.966     Document Type: Article

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