Point mutations in the Ha‐ras oncogene are detectable in formalin‐fixed tissues of oral squamous cell carcinomas, but are infrequent in British cases

Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 225-229

  Warnakulasuriya, K A A S ^a   Chang, S E ^a   Johnson, N W ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mouth, diseases; oral cancer; polymerase chain reaction; ras oncogenes; tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; ONCOGENE RAS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOBACCO;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CODON; DNA PROBES; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, RAS; GLYCINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VALINE;

EID: 0026719081     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1992.tb00106.x     Document Type: Article

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