No N-ras mutations in human uveal melanoma: The role of ultraviolet light revisited

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 411-413

  Mooy, C M ^a   van der Helm, M J ^a   van der Kwast, Th H ^a   de Jong, P T V M ^a   Ruiter, D J ^b   Zwarthoff, E C ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHOROID; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIS; MALE; MUTATION RATE; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UVEA MELANOMA;

BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, RAS; HUMAN; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0025769907     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1991.319     Document Type: Article

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