Concurrent down-regulation of Egr-1 and gelsolin in the majority of human breast cancer cells

Cancer Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 377-386

  Liu, Jingbo ^a   Liu, Ya Guang ^a   Huang, Ruochun ^a   Yao, Chen ^a   Li, Shiyong ^b   Yang, Weimin ^a   Yang, Dongzi ^b   Huang, Ruo Pan ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Egr 1; Gelsolin; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; GELSOLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; STAINING; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 38149018530     PISSN: 11096535     EISSN: 17906245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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