Immunocytochemical localization of NOVH protein and ultrastructural characteristics of NCI-H295R cells

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-260

  Thomopoulos, G N ^a   Kyurkchiev, S ^b   Perbal, B ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical carcinoma; CTGF; CYR61; NCI H295R; NOVH; WISP

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH PROMOTOR; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; MITOGENIC AGENT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SECRETION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CELL NUCLEUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MITOGENS; ORGANELLES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035411157     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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