Expression of SSX genes in human tumors

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-23

  Türeci, Özlem ^a   Chen, Yao Tseng ^b,c   Sahin, Ugur ^a   Güre, Ali O ^c   Zwick, Carsten ^a   Villena, Carlos ^a   Tsang, Solam ^c   Seitz, Gerhard ^d   Old, Lloyd J ^c   Pfreundschuh, Michael ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Medical College ^*  (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d KLINIKUM BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; MELANOMA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINOMA; THYROID CANCER;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0345267912     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980703)77:1<19::AID-IJC4>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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