Gene encoding protein elongation factor EEF1A2 is a putative oncogene in ovarian cancer

Nature Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 301-305

  Anand, Nisha ^a   Murthy, Sabita ^b   Amann, Gudrun ^c   Wernick, Meredith ^d   Porter, Lisa A ^a   Cukier, I Howard ^a   Collins, Colin ^d   Gray, Joe W ^d   Diebold, Joachim ^c   Demetrick, Doug J ^b   Lee, Jonathan M ^a,e  

^a JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EEF1A2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; EEF1A2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; EEF1A2 PROTEIN, RAT; ELONGATION FACTOR 1; ELONGATION FACTOR 1A2; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CHROMOSOME 20; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; OVARY TUMOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; XENOGRAFT;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036635310     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng904     Document Type: Article

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