Absence of mutations of the BRAF gene in malignant melanoma of soft parts (clear cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses)

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-76

  Panagopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Mertens, Fredrik ^a   Isaksson, Margareth ^a   Mandahl, Nils ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BRAF GENE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; SARCOMA, CLEAR CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TENDONS;

EID: 10044269883     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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