Never in mitosis gene A-related kinase 6 promotes cell proliferation of hepatocellular carcinoma via cyclin B modulation

Oncology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1163-1168

  Zhang, Biao ^a   Zhang, Hai ^b   Wang, Dong ^a   Han, Sheng ^a   Wang, Ke ^a   Yao, Aihua ^a   Li, Xiangcheng ^a  

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

^b AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cdc2; Cyclin B; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Never in mitosis gene A related kinase 6; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN B; NEVER IN MITOSIS GENE A-RELATED KINASE 6; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84904257529     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2014.2300     Document Type: Article

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