Brain specific human genes, NELL1 and NELL2, are predominantly expressed in neuroblastoma and other embryonal neuroepithelial tumors

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 582-588

  Maeda, Kenji ^a   Matsuhashi, Sachiko ^a   Tabuchi, Kazuo ^a   Watanabe, Takeshi ^b   Katagiri, Toyomasa ^c   Oyasu, Miho ^c   Saito, Naoki ^c   Kuroda, Shun Ichi ^d  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Epidermal growth factor like motif; NELL1; NELL2; Neural differentiation

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN NELL1; PROTEIN NELL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0035684351     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.41.582     Document Type: Article

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