RT-PCR detection of tyrosinase, gp100, MART1/Melan-a, and TRP-2 gene transcripts in peripheral blood of melanoma patients

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 478-483

  Samija M ^a   Juretic A ^a   Solaric M ^a   Samija I ^a   Bingulac Popovic J ^a   Grahovac, B ^a   Stanec, M ^a   Oresic V ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Melanoma; Neoplasm circulating cells; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 100; MELAN A; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGED; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MALE; MELANOMA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034865867     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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