Metallothionein isoform 1 and 2 gene expression in the human prostate: Downregulation of MT-1X in advanced prostate cancer

Prostate

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-135

  Garrett, Scott H ^a   Sens, Mary Ann ^a   Shukla, Deepti ^a   Flores, Luis ^a   Somji, Seema ^a   Todd, John H ^a   Sens, Donald A ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Immunohistochemistry; Metallothionein; mRNA; PIN; Prostate; Prostate cancer; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CELL LINE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033993950     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(20000501)43:2<125::AID-PROS7>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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