Germ-line mutations of TP53 in li-fraumeni families: An extended study of 39 families

Cancer Research

Volumn 57, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 3245-3252

  Varley, Jennifer M ^a   McGown, Gail ^a   Thorncroft, Mary ^a   Santibanez Koref, Mauro F ^a   Kelsey, Anna M ^b   Tricker, Karen J ^b   Evans, D Gareth R ^a   Birch, Julian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CODON; EXON; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GERM LINE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

FEMALE; GENES, P53; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; LI-FRAUMENI SYNDROME; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0030806921     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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