Glycan composition of serum alpha-fetoprotein in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and non-seminomatous germ cell tumour

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1188-1195

  Johnson, P J ^a   Poon, T C W ^a   Hjelm, N M ^a   Ho, C S ^a   Ho, S K W ^a   Welby, C ^a   Stevenson, D ^b   Patel, T ^b   Parekh, R ^b   Townsend, R R ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b The Forum   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Glycosylation; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Non seminomatous germ cell tumour; Protein structure; Purification

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ASPARAGINE LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GLYCAN; GLYCOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032734368     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690828     Document Type: Article

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