Nascent pre-rRNA overexpression correlates with an adverse prognosis in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 839-845

  Williamson, Daniel ^a   Lu, Yong Jie ^a   Fang, Cheng ^a   Pritchard Jones, Kathy ^a   Shipley, Janet ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME NOR; COMPARATIVE EXPRESSED SEQUENCE HYBRIDIZATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, ALVEOLAR; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 33746792491     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: 10982264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20347     Document Type: Article

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