Rearrangement of squamous cell carcinoma antigen genes - Detection of SCCA fusion transcripts

Tumor Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-52

  Röijer, Eva ^a   Kosinska, Urszula ^b   Andersson, Irma ^a   Nilsson, Karin ^a   Nilsson, Olle ^a  

^a Fujirebio Diagnostics Inc   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fusion transcript; Rearrangement; Serpin; Squamous cell carcinoma antigen

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN G; CATHEPSIN L; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSION GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR;

EID: 0037908868     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070660     Document Type: Article

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