Mage-b4, a novel melanoma antigen (MAGE) gene specifically expressed during germ cell differentiation

Cancer Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1054-1061

  Österlund, Christina ^a,b   Töhönen, Virpi ^a   Forslund, Karin Öhman ^a   Nordqvist, Katarina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MAGE B4 PROTEIN; MELANOMA ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; GERM CELL; MALE; MEIOSIS; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OVARY; RABBITS; TESTIS;

EID: 0342980374     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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