Mutational state of tumor suppressor genes (DCC, DPC4) and alteration on chromosome 18q21 in human oral cancer

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1287-1290

  Watanabe, Tetsuhiro ^a   Wang, Xiao L I ^a   Miyakawa, Akihisa ^a   Shiiba, Masashi ^a   Imai, Yutaka ^b   Sato, Takeyuki ^a   Tanzawa, Hideki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosome 18q21; Deleted in colon carcinoma gene; Deleted in pancreatic carcinoma gene; Loss of heterozygosity; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOUTH CANCER; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0030840170     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.11.6.1287     Document Type: Article

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