An overview of the MAGE gene family with the identification of all human members of the family

Cancer Research

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 5544-5551

  Chomez, P ^a   De Backer, O ^a   Bertrand, M ^a   De Plaen, E ^a   Boon, T ^a   Lucas, S ^a  

^a LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; DATA BASE; GENE; GENE MAGE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0035879005     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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