Reduced gene expression of E-cadherin and associated catenins in human cervical carcinoma cell lines

Cancer Letters

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-193

  Denk, Claudia ^a   Hülsken, Jörg ^b   Schwarz, Elisabeth ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catenin; Cervical carcinoma; E cadherin; Plakoglobin

Indexed keywords

CATENIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLAKOGLOBIN; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL LINE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; FEMALE; GAMMA CATENIN; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0342894673     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)00308-X     Document Type: Article

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