α- and β-tubulin expression in rectal cancer development

Anticancer Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3237-3241

  Giarnieri, Enrico ^a,c   De Francesco, Gian Paolo ^a   Carico, Elisabetta ^a   Midiri, Giuseppe ^a   Amanti, Claudio ^a   Giacomelli, Laura ^a   Tucci, Gianfranco ^b   Gidaro, Stefano ^b   Stroppa, Italo ^b   Gidaro, Giacomo ^b   Giovagnoli, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

tubulin; tubulin; Rectal cancer; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTUM CANCER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBULIN;

EID: 23344439973     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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