Absence of G(s)α gene mutations in childhood thyroid tumors after chernobyl in contrast to sporadic adult thyroid neoplasia

Cancer Research

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2358-2361

  Waldmann, Volker ^a   Rabes, Hartmut M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATOR; GENE PRODUCT; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; STIMULATORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELARUS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; BYELARUS; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHILD; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UKRAINE;

EID: 0030909107     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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