Expression of E-cadherin-catenin complex in human benign schwannomas

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-44

  Hasegawa, Mitsuhiro ^a   Muramatsu, N ^a   Tohma, Y ^a   Fukaya, K ^a   Fujisawa, H ^a   Hayashi, Y ^a   Tachibana, O ^a   Kida, S ^a   Yamashita, J ^a   Saito, K ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cell adhesion molecule; Human schwannoma; Immunohistochemistry; Immunoprecipitation; Peripheral nerve sheath tumor; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; ALPHA E CATENIN; ALPHA N CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CALCIUM ION; CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL MARKER; DNA; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BINDING SITE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NEURILEMOMA; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHWANN CELL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR GROWTH; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CADHERINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; PRECIPITIN TESTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0036159904     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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