Spindle proteins are differentially expressed in the various histological subtypes of testicular germ cell tumors

Journal of Carcinogenesis

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Burum Auensen, Espen ^a   Skotheim, Rolf ^a   Schjølberg, Aasa ^a   Røislien, Jo ^a   Lothe, Ragnhild ^a   Clausen, Ole Petter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aurora kinases; spindle checkpoint; testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

AURORA A KINASE; AURORA B KINASE; BUB1 RELATED PROTEIN; PROTEIN BUB1B; PROTEIN MAD2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINOMA; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTICULAR GERM CELL TUMOR; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS TUMOR; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

EID: 77956606747     PISSN: 09746773     EISSN: 14773163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1477-3163.60358     Document Type: Article

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