Nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) promoter polymorphisms in colorectal cancer

Cancer Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-103

  Fransén, Karin ^a   Elander, Nils ^a   Söderkvist, Peter ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Nitric oxide; NOS2; Polymorphism; Promoter

Indexed keywords

DNA; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 19544362516     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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