Two new mutations and three novel polymorphisms in the RB1 gene in Ecuadorian patients

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 639-641

  Leone, Paola E ^a   Vega, María Elena ^a   Jervis, Paola ^a   Pestaña, Angel ^b   Alonso, Javier ^b   Paz Y Miño, César ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer susceptibility; Ecuador; Mutation; Polymorphism; RB1; Retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ECUADOR; EXON; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; POPULATION GENETICS; RB1 GENE; RETINOBLASTOMA;

DATABASES; ECUADOR; EXONS; EYE NEOPLASMS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0347419152     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-003-0092-5     Document Type: Article

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