APC truncation and increased β-catenin levels in a human breast cancer cell line

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1453-1456

  Schlosshauer, Peter W ^a,b   Brown, Stephen A ^a   Eisinger, Katarina ^a   Yan, Qingyou ^a   Guglielminetti, Enrica R ^a   Parsons, Ramon ^a   Ellenson, Lora Hedrick ^b   Kitajewski, Jan ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CATENIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CANCER CELL CULTURE; COLON POLYPOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0033923197     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/21.7.1453     Document Type: Article

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