Human Pathology
Volume 37, Issue 3 , Pages 256-263 , March 2006

Characterization of human Rab20 overexpressed in exocrine pancreatic carcinoma

  • Jean-Michel Amillet, PhD

      Affiliations

    • FRE 2584 CNRS, Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
    • These authors contributed equally to the work.
    • Present address: Aventis, 13 quai Jules Guesde, 94403 Vitry-sur-Seine, France.
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  • Didier Ferbus, PhD

      Affiliations

    • FRE 2584 CNRS, Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
    • These authors contributed equally to the work.
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  • Francisco X. Real, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Unitat de Biologia Cellular i Molecular, Institut Municipal d'Investigacio Medica, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Claude Antony, PhD

      Affiliations

    • EMBL Electron Microscopy Core Facility, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Martine Muleris, PhD

      Affiliations

    • FRE 2584 CNRS, Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
    • ,
  • Thomas M. Gress, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medizin I, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany
    • ,
  • Gérard Goubin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • FRE 2584 CNRS, Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Biologie Oro-faciale et Pathologie, INSERM EMI 110, Institut Biomédical des Cordeliers, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France.

Received 29 March 2005 ,Accepted 31 October 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.10.017

Human Pathology
Volume 37, Issue 3 , Pages 256-263 , March 2006

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