The gamma-aminobutyric acid a receptor π subunit is overexpressed in pancreatic adenocarcinomas

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 136-142

  Johnson, Sarah K ^a   Haun, Randy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Gene expression profiling; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; RNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS DUCT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, NEOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 27644554369     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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