LAF-4 is aberrantly expressed in human breast cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 568-574

  To, Minh D ^a,b   Faseruk, Stephanie A ^a,b   Gokgoz, Nalan ^a   Pinnaduwage, Dushanthi ^a   Done, Susan J ^b,c   Andrulis, Irene L ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; LAF 4; Methylation; Overexpression; Proto oncogene

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; LAF 4; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE FUSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 18544387303     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20881     Document Type: Article

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