An overview on molecular biology of KIT/PDGFRA wild type (WT) gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST)

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 653-661

  Nannini, Margherita ^a   Biasco, Guido ^a,b   Astolfi, Annalisa ^b   Pantaleo, Maria A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; CADHERIN 2; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE A; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE B; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE C; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPE; MITOSIS INDEX; MITOSIS RATE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

BRAF; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOURS; INSULIN GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; KIT/PDGFRA WILD-TYPE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; SYNDROME;

EID: 84890138581     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: 14686244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2013-101695     Document Type: Review

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