p53 Mutation spectrum in Japanese Bowen's disease suggests a role for mutagens other than ultraviolet light

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 370-372

  Takata, Minoru ^a,b   Rehman, Ishtiaq ^a   Rees, Jonathan L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOWEN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN CANCER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOWEN'S DISEASE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EXONS; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENES, P53; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENS; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE DELETION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0030909092     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970502)71:3<370::AID-IJC11>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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