Derepression of HMGA2 Gene Expression in Retinoblastoma Is Associated with Cell Proliferation

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5-8, 2003, Pages 154-165

  Chau, Kai Yin ^a   Manfioletti, Guidalberto ^b   Cheung Chau, Kam Wa ^a   Fusco, Alfredo ^c   Dhomen, Nathalie ^a   Sowden, Jane C ^a   Sasabe, Tetsuo ^d   Mukai, Shizuo ^e   Ono, Santa Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d OSAKA PREFECTURAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Japan)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP A2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TUMOR GROWTH; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0142209297     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03402180     Document Type: Article

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