The Thomsen-Friedenreich (TF) antigen: A critical review on the structural, biosynthetic and histochemical aspects of a pancarcinoma-associated antigen

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 263-281

  Hanisch, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

monoclonal antibody (mAb); peanut agglutinin (PNA); T antigen; Thomsen Friedenreich (TF) antigen

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; TF ANTIGEN; THOMSEN FRIEDENREICH ANTIGEN; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 0031035341     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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