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Structural differences between valine-12 and aspartate-12 Ras proteins may modify carcinoma aggression.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Mar 1999
Al-Mulla F, Milner-White E J, Going J J, Birnie G D
Abstract excerpt
Recent evidence associates the codon 12 valine-for-glycine (G12V) mutant Ki-Ras protein with higher stage and increased lethality of colorectal carcinomas, while the codon 12 aspartate-for-glycine (G12D) Ras mutation shows no such association. Several observations may be relevant to this phenomenon. First, GTPase activity of G12V Ras is one-quarter that of G12D Ras and one-tenth that of wild-type (WT) Ras....
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