Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving nucleic acid
Patent
1997-08-07
1998-08-18
Degen, Nancy
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving nucleic acid
435 34, 435 691, 536 231, C12Q 168, C12Q 104, C12P 2102, C07H 2104
Patent
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ABSTRACT:
Provided are methods of classifying and prognosticating human neuroectodermal tumors by analyzing a sample of the tumor to determine whether various bHLH proteins are detectably expressed in the sample. In the methods disclosed herein, expression of the bHLH genes is assessed by measuring transcripts or proteins expressed from the genes.
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Olson James M.
Tapscott Stephen J.
Degen Nancy
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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