Human sperm associated antigen 4 (SPAG4) is a potential cancer marker

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 315, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 279-283

  Kennedy, Claire ^a   Sebire, Kim ^a   De Kretser, David M ^a   O'Bryan, Moira K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antigen; Cancer; Human; Immunotherapy; Sperm; Testis

Indexed keywords

SPERM ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 4; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CHROMOSOME 20Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS; UPREGULATION;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 2442677567     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-003-0821-2     Document Type: Article

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