Metallothionein 2A expression is associated with cell proliferation in breast cancer

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-86

  Jin, Rongxian ^a   Chow, Vincent T K ^a   Tan, Puay Hoon ^b   Thameem Dheen, S ^a   Duan, Wei ^a   Bay, Boon Huat ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; ISOPROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY LABELING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER GRADING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAL BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036200075     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/23.1.81     Document Type: Article

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