Frequent loss of the p16INK4a gene product in human pituitary tumors

Cancer Research

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2493-2496

  Woloschak, Michael ^a   Yu, Aiqin ^a   Xiao, Jiaqi ^a   Post, Kalmon D ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN P16INK4A; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; RNA; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; CHEMISTRY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P16; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM;

EID: 0029664548     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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