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p53 Mutations and microsatellite instability in ovarian cancer: Yin and yang.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Apr 2001
Buller R E, Shahin M S, Holmes R W, Hatterman M, Kirby P A, Sood A K
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OBJECTIVE: We tested the hypothesis that p53 frameshift mutations in ovarian cancer occur as a result of genomic instability rather than as a proximal cause of this process. STUDY DESIGN: Sequencing of the p53 tumor suppressor gene has been carried out on 305 ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancers. Two groups of p53 null mutations were identified: (1) those caused by frameshift insertion or deletion...
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