• Adenocarcinoma-associated antigen
• Cell surface glycoprotein Trop-1
• EGP
• EGP314
• Ep-CAM
• Epithelial cell surface antigen
• Epithelial glycoprotein
• Epithelial glycoprotein 314
• GA733-2
• hEGP314
• KS 1/4 antigen
• KSA
• M1S2
• M4S1
• Major gastrointestinal tumor-associated protein GA733-2
• MIC18
• TACSTD1
• TROP1
• Tumor-associated calcium signal transducer 1

>lcl|BSEQ0016791|Epithelial cell adhesion molecule
MAPPQVLAFGLLLAAATATFAAAQEECVCENYKLAVNCFVNNNRQCQCTSVGAQNTVICS
KLAAKCLVMKAEMNGSKLGRRAKPEGALQNNDGLYDPDCDESGLFKAKQCNGTSMCWCVN
TAGVRRTDKDTEITCSERVRTYWIIIELKHKAREKPYDSKSLRTALQKEITTRYQLDPKF
ITSILYENNVITIDLVQNSSQKTQNDVDIADVAYYFEKDVKGESLFHSKKMDLTVNGEQL
DLDPGQTLIYYVDEKAPEFSMQGLKAGVIAVIVVVVIAVVAGIVVLVISRKKRMAKYEKA
EIKEMGEMHRELNA

>lcl|BSEQ0016792|Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EPCAM)
ATGGCGCCCCCGCAGGTCCTCGCGTTCGGGCTTCTGCTTGCCGCGGCGACGGCGACTTTT
GCCGCAGCTCAGGAAGAATGTGTCTGTGAAAACTACAAGCTGGCCGTAAACTGCTTTGTG
AATAATAATCGTCAATGCCAGTGTACTTCAGTTGGTGCACAAAATACTGTCATTTGCTCA
AAGCTGGCTGCCAAATGTTTGGTGATGAAGGCAGAAATGAATGGCTCAAAACTTGGGAGA
AGAGCAAAACCTGAAGGGGCCCTCCAGAACAATGATGGGCTTTATGATCCTGACTGCGAT
GAGAGCGGGCTCTTTAAGGCCAAGCAGTGCAACGGCACCTCCATGTGCTGGTGTGTGAAC
ACTGCTGGGGTCAGAAGAACAGACAAGGACACTGAAATAACCTGCTCTGAGCGAGTGAGA
ACCTACTGGATCATCATTGAACTAAAACACAAAGCAAGAGAAAAACCTTATGATAGTAAA
AGTTTGCGGACTGCACTTCAGAAGGAGATCACAACGCGTTATCAACTGGATCCAAAATTT
ATCACGAGTATTTTGTATGAGAATAATGTTATCACTATTGATCTGGTTCAAAATTCTTCT
CAAAAAACTCAGAATGATGTGGACATAGCTGATGTGGCTTATTATTTTGAAAAAGATGTT
AAAGGTGAATCCTTGTTTCATTCTAAGAAAATGGACCTGACAGTAAATGGGGAACAACTG
GATCTGGATCCTGGTCAAACTTTAATTTATTATGTTGATGAAAAAGCACCTGAATTCTCA
ATGCAGGGTCTAAAAGCTGGTGTTATTGCTGTTATTGTGGTTGTGGTGATAGCAGTTGTT
GCTGGAATTGTTGTGCTGGTTATTTCCAGAAAGAAGAGAATGGCAAAGTATGAGAAGGCT
GAGATAAAGGAGATGGGTGAGATGCATAGGGAACTCAATGCATAA

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