Utility of protein electrophoretic analysis in the characterization of malignant tissues.
High-resolution electrophoresis of samples from malignant tissues and tumour cells has developed from a simple analytical tool to a high-tech system requiring a lot of satellite techniques. Though this developmental history now demands additional expensive instrumentation and a detailed knowledge of protein chemistry, the usefulness of this technique in tumour biology has been dramatically enhanced. Consequently, electrophoretic techniques combined with additional high-resolution and sensitive analytical tools can now be used to elucidate a particular phenotype of a cancer cell; moreover, the chemical nature of this phenotype can be revealed. The way from the protein backwards to the gene is now open!
Institute of Human Genetics, University of the Saar, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
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D004586:Electrophoresis / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D009363:Neoplasm Proteins