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Moesin expression is associated with the estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer phenotype.
Surgery - 1 Aug 1998
Carmeci C, Thompson D A, Kuang W W, Lightdale N, Furthmayr H, Weigel R J
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BACKGROUND: Estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast carcinomas possess a less aggressive phenotype than ER-negative breast carcinomas. We hypothesize that a set of genes exists that is expressed only in ER-negative breast carcinomas, which account for the more malignant phenotypic characteristics of these tumors. METHODS: We have used a new technique of polymerase chain reaction select suppression subtractive...
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