Engrailed homeobox transcription factors as potential markers and targets in cancer

FEBS Letters

Volumn 587, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 549-554

  McGrath, Sophie E ^a   Michael, Agnieszka ^a   Pandha, Hardev ^a   Morgan, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cancer; En1; En2; Engrailed; Homeodomain; Urinary

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENGRAILED PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR 4E; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PROGNOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; MELANOMA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OVARY CANCER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84875230259     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.01.054     Document Type: Review

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