The homeotic protein Six3 is a coactivator of the nuclear receptor NOR-1 and a corepressor of the fusion protein EWS/NOR-1 in human extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcomas

Cancer Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 449-454

  Laflamme, Cynthia ^a,b   Filion, Christine ^a,b   Bridge, Julia A ^c   Ladanyi, Marc ^d   Goldring, Mary B ^e   Labelle, Yves ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; EWS NOR 1 PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEOTIC PROTEIN SIX3; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DEATH; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHONDROSARCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CHONDROSARCOMA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN EWS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0037439697     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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