Mutation and overexpression of the β-catenin gene may play an important role in primary hepatocellular carcinoma among Chinese people

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 577-581

  Cui, Jian ^a   Zhou, Xinda ^b   Liu, Yinkun ^b   Tang, Zhaoyou ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

catenin gene; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

BETA CATENIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0034886424     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004320100259     Document Type: Article

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