Oncogenic role of NALP7 in testicular seminomas

Cancer Science

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 949-954

  Okada, Koichi ^a,b   Hirota, Eiji ^a,b   Mizutani, Yoichi ^b   Fujioka, Tomoaki ^c   Shuin, Taro ^d   Miki, Tsuneharu ^b   Nakamura, Yusuke ^a   Katagiri, Toyomasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LEUCINE; ONCOPROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN NALP7; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG TARGETING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS TUMOR; TRANSACTIVATION; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHO CELLS; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ONCOGENES; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEMINOMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 11844304160     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2004.tb03182.x     Document Type: Article

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