Mutation of tumor suppressor gene p53 in hepatocellular carcinomas from Korea

Experimental and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 173-179

  Park, Young Min ^a,b   Yoo, Young Do ^c   Paik, Soon Young ^d   Kim, Boo Sung ^b   Tabor, Edward ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

^d The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; p53; Polymerase chain reaction single strand conformation polymorphism; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Tumor suppressor gene

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; DELETION MUTANT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KOREA; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0030453076     PISSN: 12263613     EISSN: 20926413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emm.1996.27     Document Type: Article

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