β-Catenin gene mutation in human hair follicle-related tumors

Pathology International

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 543-548

  Kajino, Yuri ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Akihiro ^b   Hashimoto, Naoko ^b   Matsuura, Akihiro ^b   Sato, Noriyuki ^b   Kikuchi, Kokichi ^b,c  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

catenin; CTNNB1; Hair matrix; Lef 1 Tcf binding protein; Pilomatricoma; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; DNA; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PILOMATRIXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA CATENIN; CHILD; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PILOMATRIXOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0034880176     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2001.01231.x     Document Type: Article

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