Epitope mapping of human prostate specific antigen and glandular kallikrein expressed in insect cells

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-20

  Rajakoski, K ^a   Piironen, T ^a   Pettersson, K ^a   Lovgren J ^b   Karp, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Expression; Immunoassay; Prostate cancer; Time resolved fluorescence; xDNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002262611     PISSN: 13657852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500206     Document Type: Article

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