A Tcf4-GFP reporter mouse model for monitoring effects of Apc mutations during intestinal tumorigenesis

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 821-831

  Boman, Bruce ^a,d   Kopelovich, Levy ^b   Siracusa, Linda D ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Henderson, Kim ^a   Cofer, Zenobia ^a   Buchberg, Arthur M ^a   Fields, Jeremy Z ^c   Otevrel, Tomas ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CATX Inc   (United States)

^d HELEN F GRAHAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Adenomatous polyposis coli; Colorectal cancer; Stem cells; Survivin; Tcf4

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; CYCLIN D1; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN TCF4; SURVIVIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LUCIFERASE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; SURVIVIN PROTEIN, MOUSE; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TCF4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPT CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; INTESTINE CANCER; INTESTINE POLYP; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ADENOMA; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ADENOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYCLIN D1; ENTEROCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LUCIFERASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 70249132559     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: 10982744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mc.20526     Document Type: Article

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