Low frequency of β-catenin gene mutations in pilomatricoma

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 428-431

  Ha, Seog Jun ^b   Kim, Jung Soo ^b   Seo, Eun Joo ^b   Lee, Kyung Ho ^b   Lee, Hyun Jeong ^a   Kim, Jin Wou ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adenomatous polyposis coli gene; Exon 3; Loss of heterozygosity

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; AVIDIN; BETA CATENIN; BIOTIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; PEROXIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MICRODISSECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA INTEGRATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PILOMATRIXOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUMOR CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CHILD; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; EXONS; FEMALE; GENES, APC; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PILOMATRIXOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 12244278246     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155502762064557     Document Type: Article

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