Connexin43 pseudogene in breast cancer cells offers a novel therapeutic target

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 786-793

  Bier, Andrew ^a   Oviedo Landaverde, Irene ^a   Zhao, Jing ^a   Mamane, Yael ^b   Kandouz, Mustapha ^a   Batist, Gerald ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; DOXORUBICIN; PACLITAXEL; PSI CONNEXIN 43; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOGENE; RNA TRANSLATION; BREAST TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CELL LINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CONNEXIN 43; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PACLITAXEL; POLYRIBOSOMES; PSEUDOGENES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 66449127912     PISSN: 15357163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-08-0930     Document Type: Article

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