Expression and heterodimer-binding activity of Ku70 and Ku80 in human non-melanoma skin cancer

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1181-1185

  Parrella, P ^b   Mazzarelli, P ^a,e   Signori, E ^a,c   Perrone, G ^a   Marangi, G F ^a   Rabitti, C ^a   Delfino, M ^d   Prencipe, M ^b   Gallo, A P ^b   Rinaldi, M ^c   Fabbrocini, G ^d   Delfino, S ^a   Persichetti, P ^a   Fazio, V M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KU ANTIGEN; KU80 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UPREGULATION;

ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33751202694     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.031088     Document Type: Article

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