A study on the expression of CASP9 gene and its polymorphism distribution in non-small cell lung cancer

Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-62

  Lou, Yi ^a   Fang, Chang Qing ^a   Li, Jian Hua ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caspase 9 gene; Non small cell lung cancer; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 9;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOWN REGULATION; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CASPASE 9; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33847272514     PISSN: 10039406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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