Microphthalmia transcription factor analysis in posterior uveal melanomas

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 653-661

  Mouriaux, Frédéric ^a,b   Vincent, Sylvie ^c   Kherrouche, Zoulika ^b   Maurage, Claude Alain ^c   Planque, Nathalie ^d   Monté, Didier ^b   Labalette, Pierre ^c   Saule, Simon ^d  

^a Centre Hopitalier de Lens   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE DE LILLE   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Melanoma; MITF; Pigmentation; Prognosis; Transcription factor; Uveal

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PARAFFIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER TISSUE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CHOROID; CHOROID MELANOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; EYE COLOR; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTE; MICROPHTHALMIA; MICROPHTHALMIA GENE; MITOSIS RATE; PARAMETER; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCLERA; SCLERA DISEASE; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR VOLUME; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 0037653710     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4835(03)00082-4     Document Type: Article

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