Assessment of protein conformation in human benign and malignant astrocytomas by reflectance fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy

Oncology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-27

  Lee, Liang Shong ^a   Chi, Chin Wen ^a   Liu, Hsiu Chih ^a   Cheng, Ching Li ^a   Li, Mei Jane ^a   Lin, Shan Yang ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Astrocytomas; Benign; Composition; Malignant; Recurrent; Reflectance FT IR microspectroscopy; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 0031615674     PISSN: 09650407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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