Melanoma transition is frequently accompanied by a loss of cytoglobin expression in melanocytes: a novel expression site of cytoglobin.

The tissue distribution and function of hemoglobin or myoglobin are well known; however, a newly found cytoglobin (CYGB), which also belongs to the globin family, remains to be characterized. To assess its expression in human malignancies, we sought to screen a number of cell lines originated from m...

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Main Authors: Yoshihiko Fujita, Satoshi Koinuma, Marco A De Velasco, Jan Bolz, Yosuke Togashi, Masato Terashima, Hidetoshi Hayashi, Takuya Matsuo, Kazuto Nishio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3983271?pdf=render