Allele loss and mutation screen at the Peutz-Jeghers (LKB1) locus (19p13.3) in sporadic ovarian tumours

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 70-72

  Wang, Z J ^a   Churchman, M ^a   Campbell, I G ^b   Xu, W H ^f   Yan, Z Y ^f   McCluggage, W G ^c   Foulkes, W D ^d   Tomlinson, I P M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Granulosa cell; LKB1 STK11; Ovary; Peutz Jeghers

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME 19P; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MISSENSE MUTATION; OVARY CANCER; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; START CODON; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PEUTZ-JEGHERS SYNDROME; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 0032949434     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690323     Document Type: Article

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