Construction of a recombinant eukaryotic human ZHX1 gene expression plasmid and the role of ZHX1 in hepatocellular carcinoma

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1531-1536

  Wang, Jianping ^a   Liu, Dejie ^b   Liang, Xiaohong ^c   Gao, Lifen ^c   Yue, Xuetian ^c   Yang, Yang ^d   Ma, Chunhong ^c   Liu, Jun ^a  

^a Provincial Hospital   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d DONGYING PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Expression plasmid; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Zinc fingers and homeoboxes protein 1

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER AND HOMEOBOX PROTEIN 1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENETIC VECTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PLASMIDS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 84885116550     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1700     Document Type: Article

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