The roles of supernumerical X chromosomes and XIST expression in testicular germ cell tumors

Journal of Urology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1546-1552

  Kawakami, Takahiro ^b   Okamoto, Keisei ^a   Sugihara, Hiroyuki ^b   Hattori, Takanori ^b   Reeve, Anthony E ^b   Ogawa, Osamu ^b   Okada, Yusaku ^b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gene expression; Germinoma; Seminoma; Testis; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GLYPICAN;

ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME; TUMOR CELL LINE; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0037376848     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000044927.23323.5a     Document Type: Article

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