Molecular abnormalities in liposarcoma: Role of MDM2 and CDK4-containing amplicons at 12q13-22

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 188-190

  Pilotti, Silvana ^a   Della Torre, Gabriella ^a   Lavarino, Cinzia ^a   Sozzi, Gabriella ^a   Minoletti, Fabiola ^a   Vergani, Barbara ^a   Azzarelli, Alberto ^a   Rilke, Franco ^a   Pierotti, Marco A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

12q13 22 amplicons; Liposarcoma; Mdm2 cdk4 immunophenotype; Molecular cytogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, P53; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIPOSARCOMA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MDM2;

EID: 0031812377     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199806)185:2<188::AID-PATH53>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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