Analysis of APC allelic imbalance/loss of heterozygosity and APC protein expression in cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas

Cancer Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 149-155

  Gray, Sarah E ^a   Kay, Elaine W ^a   Mary, Leader ^a   Mabruk, Mohamed ^b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Allelic imbalance loss of heterozygosity; APC; Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA;

ALLELIC IMBALANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 79956367095     PISSN: 11096535     EISSN: 17906245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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