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p16INK4 gene mutation and allelic loss of chromosome 9p21-22 in Taiwanese hepatocellular carcinoma.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Chen T C, Hsieh L L, Kuo T T, Ng K F, Wu Chou Y H, Jeng L B, Chen M F
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BACKGROUND: The p16INK4 (MTS1/CDNK2A) gene, located on chromosome 9p21, is an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase 4. Various data have shown that it is frequently inactivated in several types of cell lines and primary human cancers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty cases with hepatocellular carcinoma were studied for possible p16INK4 gene mutation in Taiwan. Homozygous deletion was determined using polymerase chain...
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