Abnormal expression and processing of the proprotein convertases PC1 and PC2 in human colorectal liver metastases

BMC Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Tzimas, George N ^a,b   Chevet, Eric ^a   Jenna, Sarah ^a   Nguyên, Duc Thang ^a   Khatib, Abdel Majid ^c   Marcus, Victoria ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Chrétien, Michel ^c   Seidah, Nabil ^d   Metrakos, Peter ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 1; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 2; PRIMER DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; TISSUE SECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISCERAL METASTASIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COLON TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 1; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 2; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 28344444977     PISSN: 14712407     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-5-149     Document Type: Article

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