Human endogenous retrovirus (HERV)-K transcripts in germ cell and trophoblastic tumours

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 216-220

  Herbst, H ^a   Sauter, M ^b   Kuhler Obbarius C ^a   Loning T ^a   Mueller Lantzsch, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinoma in situ; Choriocarcinoma; Germ cell neoplasms; HERV K

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SEMINOMA; TERATOCARCINOMA; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0031915834     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb01338.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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