Overexpression of testisin, a serine protease expressed by testicular germ cells, in epithelial ovarian tumor cells

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 358-362

  Shigemasa, Kazushi ^a   Underwood, Lowell J ^c   Beard, John ^c   Tanimoto, Hirotoshi ^b   Ohama, Koso ^a   Parmley, Tim H ^c   O'Brien, Timothy J ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Asada General Hospital   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

mRNA; Ovarian tumor; Overexpression; Serine protease; Testisin

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; SERINE PROTEINASE; TESTISIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY TUMOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; TESTIS CELL;

ADENOMA; ADULT; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TESTIS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033693865     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(00)00086-1     Document Type: Article

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