New BAGE (B melanoma antigen) genes mapping to the juxtacentromeric regions of human chromosomes 13 and 21 have a cancer/testis expression profile

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 833-840

  Ruault, Myriam ^a   van der Bruggen, Pierre ^b   Brun, Marie Elisabeth ^a   Boyle, Shelagh ^c   Roizès, Gérard ^a   De Sario, Albertina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^b Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research   (Belgium)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BAGE; Chromosome 13; Chromosome 21; Gene family; Gene fragment; Juxtacentromeric regions; Tumour

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MELANOMA ANTIGEN; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER TISSUE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CARCINOMA; MELANOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; TESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

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EID: 0036927009     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200891     Document Type: Article

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