Imprinted H19 gene expression in embryogenesis and human cancer: The oncofetal connection

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 46-50

  Ariel, Ilana ^a,b   De Groot, Nathan ^c   Hochberg, Abraham ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Complete hydatidiform mole; Genomic imprinting; Testicular germ cell tumors; Tumor marker

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CELL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034007160     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(20000306)91:1<46::AID-AJMG8>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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