| abstract |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel human pigment cell-specific protein useful for diagnosis or immunotherapy of malignant melanoma, a DNA encoding the human pigment cell-specific protein, and a method of using them. SOLUTION: The expression profiles of cDNA of malignant melanoma and pigment cells are analyzed by different analysis methods of the SAGE method and the human gene database, and other tissues are compared as controls, and the gene database is fully utilized. Identify novel molecules selectively expressed in melanoma or pigment cells. |