Amplification and overexpression of mutant RET in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2-associated medullary thyroid carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 459-463

  Huang, Steve C ^a   Torres Cruz, Joshua ^a   Pack, Svetlana D ^a   Koch, Christian A ^b,d   Vortmeyer, Alexander O ^a   Mannan, Poonam ^a   Lubensky, Irina A ^a   Gagel, Robert F ^c   Zhuang, Zhengping ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Uniklinik ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN RET;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; TRISOMY;

CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 2A; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0037242089     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-021254     Document Type: Article

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