Novel human alpha-fetoprotein mRNA isoform lacking exon 1 identified in ovarian yolk sac tumor

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 456-462

  Fukasawa, Hiroko ^b   Iwamoto, Hideki ^b   Hirata, Shuji ^a   Shoda, Tomoko ^b   Yokota, Sadaki ^b   Nishi, Shinzo ^b   Hoshi, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

AFP C mRNA isoform; Alpha fetoprotein (AFP) mRNA; Exon C; Human; Yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CYTOPLASM; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 24144439361     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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