Aberrant Intranuclear Localization of Biotin, Biotin-binding Enzymes, and β-Catenin in Pregnancy-Related Endometrium and Morule-Associated Neoplastic Lesions

Modern Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1124-1131

  Gamachi, Ayako ^a   Kashima, Kenji ^a   Daa, Tsutomu ^a   Nakatani, Yukio ^b   Tsujimoto, Masahiko ^c   Yokoyama, Shigeo ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catenin; Biotin; Biotin binding enzymes; Intranuclear inclusion; Morule

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BETA CATENIN; BINDING PROTEIN; BIOTIN; CARBOXYLASE; PROPIONYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; PYRUVIC ACID CARBOXYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOCHONDRION; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TECHNIQUE;

BETA CATENIN; BIOTIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0242522854     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MP.0000092953.20717.48     Document Type: Article

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