Amplification of the genes BCHE and SLC2A2 in 40% of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung

Cancer Research

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2290-2294

  Brass, Nicole ^a   Râcz, Alexander ^a   Heckel, Dirk ^a   Remberger, Klaus ^b   Sybrecht, Gerhard W ^b   Meese, Eckart U ^a,b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CARCINOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUCRASE-ISOMALTASE COMPLEX;

EID: 1842339907     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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