Identification of a novel tumor transforming gene GAEC1 at 7q22 which encodes a nuclear protein and is frequently amplified and overexpressed in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Oncogene

Volumn 26, Issue 40, 2007, Pages 5877-5888

  Law, F B F ^a   Chen, Y W ^a   Wong, K Y ^a   Ying, J ^b   Tao, Q ^b   Langford, C ^c   Lee, P Y ^a   Law, S ^a   Cheung, R W L ^d   Chui, C H ^d   Tsao, S W ^a   Lam, K Y ^e   Wong, J ^a   Srivastava, G ^a,g   Tang, J C O ^a,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

7q22; Esophageal cancer; Gene amplification; Overexpression; Transforming gene

Indexed keywords

GAEC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME 7; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUDE MOUSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

EID: 35148824989     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210390     Document Type: Article

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