The new human kallikrein gene family: Implications in carcinogenesis

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 54-60

  Diamandis, Eleftherios P ^a,b   Yousef, George M ^a,b   Luo, Liu Ying ^a,b   Magklara, Angeliki ^a,b   Obiezu, Christina V ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; HORMONE; KALLIKREIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPTASE;

ANGIOGENESIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; HUMANS; KALLIKREINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034159946     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-2760(99)00225-8     Document Type: Review

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