Expression of Livin in tissues of lung cancer and its correlation with the expression of caspase-3

Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 383-386

  Li, Hongru ^a   Chen, Yusheng ^b   Chen, Gang ^b   Xie, Baosong ^b   Lin, Lifang ^c  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUJIAN PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Fujian Provincial Angiocardiopathy Unode Lab   (China)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Inhibitor of apoptosis protein; Livin; Lung neoplasm

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749114718     PISSN: 16101979     EISSN: 16139089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10330-008-0055-6     Document Type: Article

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