Lack of somatic mutation in the PTEN gene in squamous cell carcinomas of human skin

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-201

  Kubo, Yoshiaki ^a   Urano, Yoshio ^a   Hida, Yasutoshi ^a   Arase, Seiji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allelic polymorphism; Carcinogenesis; MMAC1; PTEN; TEP1

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 10Q; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SKIN CARCINOMA; SOMATIC MUTATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0032938598     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-1811(98)00058-9     Document Type: Article

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