Altered expressions of HOX genes in human cutaneous malignant melanoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 436-441

  Maeda, Kazuhiko ^a,b   Hamada, Jun Ichi ^a   Takahashi, Yoko ^a   Tada, Mitsuhiro ^a   Yamamoto, Yuhei ^b   Sugihara, Tsuneki ^b   Moriuchi, Tetsuya ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

HOX; Melanoma; Metastasis; Nevus pigmentosus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HOX GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN CANCER; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 14044266897     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20706     Document Type: Article

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