Aurora B expression in post-puberal testicular germ cell tumours

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 435-439

  Esposito, Francesco ^a   Libertini, Silvana ^a   Franco, Renato ^b   Abagnale, Antonella ^a   Marra, Luigi ^b   Portella, Giuseppe ^a   Chieffi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA B KINASE; AURORA KINASE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; ENZYME MECHANISM; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIXED GERMINAL TUMOR; MIXED TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINOMA; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS TERATOMA; WESTERN BLOTTING; YOLK SAC TUMOR; ADULT; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PUBERTY; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR CELL LINE;

MURINAE;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PUBERTY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70149124559     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21875     Document Type: Article

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