Genes co-amplified with MYCN in neuroblastoma: Silent passengers or co-determinants of phenotype?

Cancer Letters

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 81-86

  Scott, Debbie ^a   Elsden, Joanna ^a   Pearson, Andrew ^b   Lunec, John ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2p24; Co amplification; DDX1; MYCN; NAG; Neuroblastoma

Indexed keywords

CONTIG; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DDX 1; PROTEIN N CYM; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTROMERE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; NEUROBLASTOMA; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; ONCOGENE MYCN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETINOBLASTOMA; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SILENT GENE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0038105486     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(03)00086-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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