Tumor antigen
cv_term_accession
KW-0825
canonical
uniprot_keyword
KW-0825
canonical
name
Tumor antigen
uniprot
synonym
Cancer antigen
uniprot
definition
Protein on the surfaces of tumor cells detected by cell-mediated immunity. Different categories of tumor antigens which induce cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses in vitro and in vivo, have been identified. These are, namely, "cancer testis" (CT) antigens expressed in different tumours and normal testis, melanocyte differentiation antigens, point mutations of normal genes, self antigens that are overexpressed in malignant tissues and viral antigens.
uniprot
keywords
is_obsolete
false
uniprot
keywords
ontology_id
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uniprot
keywords