Bcl-2 protein expression correlates with cell survival and androgen independence in rat prostatic lobes

Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1825-1832

  Banerjee, Partha P ^a,c   Banerjee, Subhadra ^a,c   Brown, Terry R ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HORMONE RESPONSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION;

EID: 0036228936     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.143.5.8763     Document Type: Article

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