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p16INK4a inactivation is not frequent in uncultured sporadic primary cutaneous melanoma.
Oncogene - 15 Apr 1999
Fujimoto A, Morita R, Hatta N, Takehara K, Takata M
Abstract excerpt
In an attempt to examine whether the inactivation of p16INK4a is an important early event in the development of sporadic melanoma in vivo, we have systematically analysed 46 uncultured primary cutaneous melanomas. Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of chromosome region 9p21-22 (where the p16INK4a resides) was detected in 11 tumours (24%) by PCR-based LOH analyses. Direct sequencing of all three exons of the p16INK4a...
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