Cloning and characterization of the α1-antichymotrypsin produced by human prostate tissue

Prostate

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-161

  Wu, Guan ^a   Lilja, Hans ^b   Cockett, Abraham T K ^a   Gershagen, Sten ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Eurodiagnostica   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BPH; Prostate cancer; Protease inhibitors; PSA

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN A; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALPHA 1-ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031960939     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(19980215)34:3<155::AID-PROS1>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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