Germline MC1R variants and BRAF mutant melanoma

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2354-2356

  Hacker, Elke ^a   Hayward, Nicholas K ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; B RAF KINASE; BETA DEFENSIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

CANCER RISK; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN VARIANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC MUTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILD TYPE;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 51749086380     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2008.236     Document Type: Note

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