Involvement of the FGF18 gene in colorectal carcinogenesis, as a novel downstream target of the β-catenin/T-cell factor complex

Cancer Research

Volumn 63, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 6116-6120

  Shimokawa, Takashi ^a   Furukawa, Yoichi ^a   Sakai, Michihiro ^a   Li, Meihua ^a   Miwa, Nobutomo ^a   Lin, Yu Min ^a   Nakamura, Yusuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 18; GENE PRODUCT; RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DNA MICROARRAY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FGF18 GENE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR CELL LINE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BINDING SITES; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0141919600     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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