Expression of human endogenous retrovirus K elements in germ cell and trophoblastic tumors

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1727-1735

  Herbst, Hermann ^a,c   Sauter, Marlies ^b   Mueller Lantzsch, Nikolaus ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SEMINOMA; STEM CELL; TERATOMA; TISSUE SECTION; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS GENOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; RETROVIRIDAE; RETROVIRIDAE PROTEINS; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0029951711     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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