Frequent mutation and nuclear localization of β-catenin in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma

Cancer Research

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1811-1815

  Garcia Rostan, Ginesa ^a   Tallini, Giovanni ^a   Herrero, Agustin ^b   D'Aquila, Thomas G ^a   Carcangiu, Maria Luisa ^a   Rimm, David L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL ADHESION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; THYROID CARCINOMA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA CATENIN; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CARCINOMA; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EXONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0033561515     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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