The melanoma antigen genes - Any clues to their functions in normal tissues?

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-194

  Forslund, Karin Öhman ^a   Nordqvist, Katarina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Germ cell development; MAGE; Mage b4; Melanoma; Necdin; p53; Rb; Tumor

Indexed keywords

MELANOMA ANTIGEN; NECDIN; PROTEIN P53; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GERM CELL; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TESTIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0035325038     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.2001.5173     Document Type: Review

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