Increased expression of fascin, motility associated protein, in cell cultures derived from ovarian cancer and in borderline and carcinomatous ovarian tumors

Clinical and Experimental Metastasis

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-88

  Hu, W ^a   McCrea, P D ^a   Deavers, M ^a   Kavanagh, J J ^a   Kudelka, A P ^a   Verschraegen, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin bundling protein; Fascin; Metastasis; Ovarian neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOMATOSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFILAMENT; OVARY CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035135688     PISSN: 02620898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026596609969     Document Type: Article

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