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Melanoma antigen encoding gene-A3 expression, its clinical significance, and its risk of developing acute myeloid leukemia.
Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research - 1 Oct 2011
Makhlouf Manal Mohamed
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Melanoma antigen encoding gene A3 (MAGE-A3) gene, also called cancer/testis (CT) antigen, is a member of MAGE multigene family, which is located on the long arm of the X chromosome, and its expression can be caused by promoter region demethylation. The MAGE-A3 proteins' functions are unknown, but they were found to play a role in cell cycle progression, transcriptional regulation, and drug resistance....
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