Aryl hydrocarbon receptor gene silencing with small inhibitory RNA differentially modulates Ah-responsiveness in MCF-7 and HepG2 cancer cells

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1373-1381

  Abdelrahim, Maen ^a   Smith III, Roger ^a   Safe, Stephen ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYCLIN E; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; ESTRADIOL; FULVESTRANT; RNA DERIVATIVE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL CYCLE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TERATOGENS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0037764668     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.63.6.1373     Document Type: Article

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