Human SAK related to the PLK/polo family of cell cycle kinases shows high mRNA expression in testis

Oncology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 505-510

  Karn, Thomas ^a   Holtrich, Uwe ^a   Wolf, Georg ^a   Hock, Björn ^a   Strebhardt, Klaus ^a   Rübsamen Waigmann, Helga ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR TUMOR BIOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cell cycle; serine threonine kinase; signal transduction; tissue specific expression

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS; THYMUS;

EID: 0030954076     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.4.3.505     Document Type: Article

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