Summary report: Epitope analysis of human alpha-fetoprotein

Tumor Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 290-292

  Alpert, Elliot ^a   Abelev, G I ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Cancer Research Center   (Russian Federation)

^c N N BLOKHIN RUSSIAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Epitope mapping; Monoclonal affinity; Monoclonal antibodies

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; EPITOPE; TUMOR MARKER;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031849394     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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