Expression and function of squamous cell carcinoma antigen

Anticancer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4 B, 1996, Pages 2149-2153

  Kato, Hiroshi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Serine protease inhibitor; Squamous cell carcinoma; Squamous cell carcinoma antigen; Squamous epithelium; Tumor marker

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CATHEPSIN L; CHYMOTRYPSIN; PAPAIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 18Q; EXON; GENE LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS; SERPINS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029790002     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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