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A double germline mutations in the APC and p53 genes.
Neoplasma - 1 Jan 2000
Zajac V, Tomka M, Ilenciková D, Májek P, Stevurková V, Kirchhoff T
Abstract excerpt
Germline mutation in the APC gene is required for the initiation of the development of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). According to Fearon and Vogelstein model, further somatic mutations in the K-ras oncogene, DCC gene and p53 tumor suppressor gene are prerequisite for development of colon carcinoma. We have found that the germline mutations in the DNA isolated from lymphocytes of an 18 years old girl with...
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