Occupational cancer genetics: Infrequent ras oncogenes point mutations in lung cancer samples from chromate workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 92-97

  Jiang, C Q ^a,c   Xiao, L W ^a   Lam, T H ^a   Xie, N W ^b   Zhu, C Q ^a  

^a Guangzhou Occupational Diseases Prevention and Treatment Centre   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chromate; Lung cancer; PCR SSCP; Point mutation; Ras oncogenes

Indexed keywords

CHROMIC ACID; PROTEIN P53; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; MUTAGENICITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONCOGENE H RAS; ONCOGENE K RAS; ONCOGENE RAS; PATHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL;

EID: 0034934645     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.1075     Document Type: Article

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