Human MUC4 mucin induces ultra-structural changes and tumorigenicity in pancreatic cancer cells

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 345-357

  Moniaux, N ^a   Chaturvedi, P ^a   Varshney, G C ^b   Meza, J L ^c   Rodriguez Sierra, J F ^c   Aubert, J P ^d   Batra, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; MUC4; Mucin; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MUCIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANCER CELL; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; XENOGRAFT;

CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUCINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 34547589182     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603868     Document Type: Article

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