Gene-specific primers (5′-aat tta gct gcg cac agg gag gtg-3′ and 5′-tga gcg tgt tgt ctg tgc aga gcg-3′ for FATE/BJ-HCC-2; 5′-cca caa tgg tcc acc cac aaa tg-3′ and 5′-aac atg tgg cag ggt tgg aaa gaa c-3′ for TPTE/BJ-HCC-5) were designed to isolate the full-length cDNAs of FATE/BJ-HCC-2 and TPTE/BJ-HCC-5 from HCC. This evidence concerns the gene MCM3 and hepatocellular carcinoma.