Allelic imbalance at the β-catenin gene (CTNNB1 at 3p22-21.3) in various human tumor types

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 311-318

  Nollet, Friedel ^a   Van Berg, Anke Den ^b   Kersemaekers, Anne Marie ^c   Cleton Jansen, Anne Marie ^c   Berx, Geert ^a   Van Der Veen, Anneke Y ^b   Eichperger, Chantal ^a   Wieland, Ilse ^d   De Grève, Jacques ^e   Liefers, Gerrit Jan ^c   Xiao, Wen Hua ^f   Buys, Charles H C M ^b   Cornelisse, Cees ^c   Van Roy, Frans ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3p21; Allelic imbalance; Human catenin; Human tumors; Intragenic polymorphic marker

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CELL JUNCTION; CHROMOSOME 3P; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 12644314128     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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