Somatic mutations of BECN1, an autophagy-related gene, in human cancers

APMIS

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 750-756

  Lee, Jong Woo ^a   Jeong, Eun Goo ^a   Lee, Sung Hak ^a   Yoo, Nam Jin ^a   Lee, Sug Hyung ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autophagy; BECN1; Cancer; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BECN1 GENE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GENETICS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SOMATIC MUTATION; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; WILD TYPE;

APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34249825782     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2007.apm_640.x     Document Type: Article

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