Genetic alterations in the coding region of the bak gene in uterine cervical carcinoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1584-1586

  Wani, K M Y ^a,b,c   Huilgol, N G ^b   Hongyo, T ^a   Ryo, H ^a   Shah, K ^b   Chatterjee, N ^b   Nair, C K K ^c   Nomura, T ^a,d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DR BALABHAI NANAVATI HOSPITAL   (India)

^c BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; bak; Cervical cancer; Mutation; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESISTANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MISSENSE MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; CARCINOMA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SAMPLE SIZE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037778200     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600944     Document Type: Article

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