Identification of a novel gelsolin truncate in the vertical and metastatic phase malignant melanomas

Melanoma Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 523-528

  Furukawa, H ^a,b   Fujita, H ^a   Kokubu, I ^b   Yamamoto, Y ^b   Sasaki, S ^b   Chodon, T ^b   Okubo, Y ^b   Sugihara, T ^b   Kuzumaki, N ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Caspase 8; Gelsolin; Melanoma; Peptide sequencing; Truncate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CASPASE 8; GELSOLIN; PROTEIN P85;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN; SKIN CANCER; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; GELSOLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MELANOMA; MESENTERY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036936963     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-200212000-00001     Document Type: Article

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