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[An antigen related to the mouse mammary cancer virus env gene product, detected in human lymphocytes, is associated with human breast cancer].
Molekuliarnaia genetika, mikrobiologiia i virusologiia - 1 Jan 2001
Kriukova I N, Lushnikova A A, Makhov P B, Malivanova T F, Laktionov K P
Abstract excerpt
Expression of DNA sequences homologous to sequences of env gene of mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) in the lymphocytes of patients with breast cancer and in subjects at a high risk of breast cancer has been reported. Antigen analogous to envelope protein gp52, product of MMTV env gene, is detected in T lymphocytes of virtually all patients with breast cancer and extremely rarely in T cells of controls, where its...
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