Novel alpha-fetoprotein-V messenger RNA isoforms in humans

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 794-801

  Tagaya, Hikaru ^a   Fukasawa, Hiroko ^a   Shoda, Tomoko ^a   Hoshi, Kazuhiko ^a   Hirata, Shuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFP V mRNA isoform; Alpha fetoprotein (AFP) mRNA; Exon V; Human

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN V; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN V1; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN V2; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN V3; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN VA; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN VB; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFP GENE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 67650442084     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719109336617     Document Type: Article

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