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Identification of β-tubulin as a common immunogen in gastrointestinal malignancy by mass spectrometry of colorectal cancer proteome: implications for early disease detection

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dr. Takashi Nirasawa (Bruker Daltonics Japan, Yokohama) for helpful technical supports of the MALDI-MS analysis. This work was supported by a 2008–2010 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (21790545) from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan.

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    George Bouras, Yoshihisa Fujita, Soichiro Tsunemi & Nobuhiko Tanigawa

  2. Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-cho, Takatsuki City, Osaka, 569-8686, Japan

    Toyofumi Nakanishi & Takayuki Takubo

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Bouras, G., Nakanishi, T., Fujita, Y. et al. Identification of β-tubulin as a common immunogen in gastrointestinal malignancy by mass spectrometry of colorectal cancer proteome: implications for early disease detection. Anal Bioanal Chem 403, 1801–1809 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-011-5628-5

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