Expression of HIWI in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-58

  Jiang, Jianxia ^a   Zhang, Hongjie ^a   Tang, Qiyun ^a   Hao, Bo ^a   Shi, Ruihua ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; HIWI

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PIWIL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 80051471501     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12013-011-9160-1     Document Type: Article

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