Activating c-kit gene mutations in human germ cell tumors

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1643-1647

  Tian, Qingsheng ^a   Frierson Jr , Henry F ^a   Krystal, Geoffrey W ^b   Moskaluk, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYSGERMINOMA; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; ONCOGENE C KIT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0032983371     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65419-3     Document Type: Article

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