Ovarian cancer antigen CA125 is encoded by the MUC16 mucin gene

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 737-740

  Yin, Beatrice W T ^a   Dnistrian, Ann ^a   Lloyd, Kenneth O ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CA125 antigen; CA125 epitopes; MUC16; Mucin; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MUCIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; SERUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION ASSAY; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0037051691     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10250     Document Type: Article

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