Germline-activating mutation in the kinase domain of KIT gene in familial gastrointestinal stromal tumors

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1581-1585

  Isozaki, Koji ^a   Terris, Benoit ^b   Belghiti, Jacques ^c   Schiffmann, Serge ^a   Hirota, Seiichi ^d   Vanderwinden, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Service d'Anatomie Pathologique   (Japan)

^c BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; LYSINE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE KIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOUSE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033678402     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)64795-5     Document Type: Article

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