Galectin-4 in normal tissues and cancer

Glycoconjugate Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 247-255

  Huflejt, Margaret E ^a   Leffler, Hakon ^b  

^a SIDNEY KIMMEL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Carbohydrate specificity; Epithelial cells; Galectin 4; Galectins; Promoter

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINOSUGAR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; DISACCHARIDE; GALECTIN 3; GALECTIN 4; LACTOSE; LACTULOSE; LIGAND; LIPID; MARKER; PECTIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CROSS LINKING; CYTOSOL; DEVELOPMENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG POTENCY; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE INTESTINE; LIVER CANCER; METASTASIS; MICROVILLUS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; STARVATION; TONGUE; TUMOR;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; GALECTIN 4; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 4143128862     PISSN: 02820080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GLYC.0000025819.54723.a0     Document Type: Review

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