Characterization of the E-cadherin/catenin complex in colorectal carcinoma cell lines

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 65-74

  El Bahrawy, Mona ^a   Poulsom, S Richard ^b   Rowan, Andrew J ^b   Tomlinson, Ian T ^b   Alison, Malcolm R ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catenins; Colorectal carcinoma; E cadherin

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; CATENIN; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CONTACT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENES, APC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTATION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 2542591600     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0959-9673.2004.0371.x     Document Type: Article

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