Human kallikrein 4 (KLK4) is highly expressed in serous ovarian carcinomas

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2363-2371

  Dong, Ying ^a   Kaushal, Aneel ^a   Bui, Loan ^a   Chu, Simon ^b   Fuller, Peter J ^b   Nicklin, Jim ^c   Samaratunga, Hemamali ^c   Clements, Judith A ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; KALLIKREIN; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KALLIKREINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034890325     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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