Expression of CD44v6 correlates with cell proliferation and cellular atypia in urothelial carcinoma cell lines 5637 and HT1197

Folia Biologica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-11

  Kuncova J ^a   Kostrouch, Z ^b   Viale, M ^c   Revoltella, R ^d   Mandys, Václav ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD44V6 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER CELL; CANCER INVASION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXON; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 14944371853     PISSN: 00155500     EISSN: 25337602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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