Identification and characterization of mouse SSX genes: A multigene family on the X chromosome with restricted cancer/testis expression

Genomics

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 628-636

  Chen, Yao Tseng ^a   Alpen, Birgit ^a   Ono, Toshiro ^b   Gure, Ali O ^c   Scanlan, Matthew A ^c   Biggs III, William H ^d   Arden, Karen ^e,f   Nakayama, Eiichi ^b   Old, Lloyd J ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Ambit Biosciences   (United States)

^e LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer vaccine; Cancer testis antigens; Tumor immunology

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SSX GENE; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0242678277     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0888-7543(03)00183-6     Document Type: Article

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