Identification and characterization of nine novel human small GTPases showing variable expressions in liver cancer tissues

Gene Expression

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 231-242

  He, Hua ^a   Dai, Fangyan ^a   Yu, Long ^a   She, Xingyu ^a   Zhao, Yong ^a   Jiang, Jianmin ^a   Chen, Xiaosong ^a   Zhao, Shouyuan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ARF SAR1; Cloning; Expression; Liver cancer; RAB

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAB PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; DATA BASE; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UPREGULATION;

EUKARYOTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DATABASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0036419738     PISSN: 10522166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/000000002783992406     Document Type: Article

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