BAX protein is not expressed by basal cell carcinomas

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 472-474

  Rossen, K ^a,d   Karabulut Thorup, A ^b   Hou Jensen, K ^c   Krag Jacobsen, G ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTO ONCOGENE;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 7344266320     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02412.x     Document Type: Article

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