Mutational analysis of the ARAF gene in human cancers

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Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-7

  Lee, Jong Woo ^a   Soung, Young Hwa ^a   Kim, Su Young ^a   Park, Won Sang ^a   Nam, Suk Woo ^a   Min, Woo Sung ^a   Kim, Sang Ho ^a   Lee, Jung Young ^a   Yoo, Nam Jin ^a   Lee, Sug Hyung ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ARAF; Cancer; Mutation; Oncogene; RAS

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARAF GENE; ARTICLE; BRAF GENE; CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN MOLT 4; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ONCOGENE; ONCOGENE RAS; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC MUTATION; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

EID: 20044376685     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2005.apm1130108.x     Document Type: Article

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