Kallikrein 4 (KLK4), a new member of the human kallikrein gene family is upregulated by estrogen and progesterone in the human endometrial cancer cell line, KLE

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2323-2326

  Myers, Stephen A ^a   Clements, Judith A ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; KALLIKREIN; PROGESTERONE; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EXON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE DELETION; HORMONAL CARCINOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; KALLIKREINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROGESTERONE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035008951     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.5.2323     Document Type: Article

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