Expression of β-catenin and γ-catenin in epithelial tumor cell lines and characterization of a unique cell line

Cancer Letters

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-41

  Lipschutz, Joshua H ^a   Kissil, Joseph L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Catenin; Catenin; Cell adhesion; SKBR 3; Tumorigenicity

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CATENIN; MESSENGER RNA; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL JUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BETA CATENIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; EPITHELIUM; GAMMA CATENIN; HUMANS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0344589396     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)00522-3     Document Type: Article

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