Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 9q21 (p16 gene) uncommon in soft-tissue sarcomas

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 63-65

  Schneider Stock, Regine ^a,b   Radig, Kathrin ^a   Roessner, Albert ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Loss of heterozygosity; p16 gene; Soft tissue sarcomas

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P16;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 19; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; DNA, NEOPLASM; GENE DELETION; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030896090     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2744(199702)18:2<63::AID-MC1>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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