Expression of MAGE-A12 in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Melanoma associated-A antigens (MAGE-A) are silent in normal tissues except testis. However, they are activated in a variety of different tumors. Thus, their expression is highly specific to cancer cells. Reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction (RT-nPCR) is a highly sensitive techniqu...

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Main Authors: Nur Mollaoglu, Eleftherios Vairaktaris, Emeka Nkenke, Friedrich W. Neukam, Jutta Ries
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2008-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/359840