Stage-specific alternative splicing of CD44 and α6β1 integrin in colorectal tumorigenesis

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 96-102

  Wittig, Bianca M ^a   Goebel, Reinhild ^a   Weg Remers, Susanne ^a   Pistorius, Georg ^a   Feifel, Gernold ^a   Zeitz, Martin ^a   Stallmach, Andreas ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; CD44; Colorectal cancer; Integrins; Variant isoforms

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HERMES ANTIGEN; ISOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 6;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER TISSUE; CARCINOGENESIS; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON MUCOSA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0035568862     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exmp.2000.2337     Document Type: Article

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