Expression of the DNA mismatch repair proteins (hMLH1 and hMSH2) in infiltrating pancreatic cancer and its relation to some phenotypic features

Polish Journal of Pathology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-37

  Tomaszewska, Romana ^a   Okoń, Krzysztof ^a   Stachura, Jerzy ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN 7; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; PANCREAS CANCER; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOGRANINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-7; KERATINS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

EID: 0037910331     PISSN: 12339687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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