Colon cancer metastasis: Is E2F-1 a driving force?

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 400-401

  Enders, Gregory H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; E2F 1; Gene amplification; Metastasis; Thymidylate synthase

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F1; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; E2F1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME 20; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA REPLICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NOTE; OSTEOSARCOMA; RETINOBLASTOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COLON TUMOR; DISEASE COURSE; GENETICS; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; E2F TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; E2F1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 16544391784     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.3.4.755     Document Type: Note

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