The mutation status of PAX3 and p53 genes in medulloblastoma

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2 A, 1998, Pages 849-853

  Wang, Weiguang ^a   Kumar, Pat ^a   Wang, Weizhi ^a   Whalley, Jason ^a   Schwarz, Martin ^b   Malone, Geraldine ^b   Haworth, Andrea ^b   Kumar, Shant ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medulloblastoma; p53; PAX3

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN P53;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, P53; HUMANS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MUTATION; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031867465     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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