Mutation of the p53 tumour suppressor gene occurs preferentially in the chromophobe type of renal cell tumour

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-139

  Contractor, Hans ^a   Zariwala, Maimoona ^b   Bugert, Peter ^a   Zeisler, Jutta ^a   Kovacs, Gyula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chromophobe type; Kidney cancer; p53 mutation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 17P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0031038176     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199702)181:2<136::AID-PATH766>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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