Article
Mutation analysis of the p73 gene in nonastrocytic brain tumours.
British journal of cancer - 20 Jul 2001
Alonso M E, Bello M J, Gonzalez-Gomez P, Lomas J, Arjona D, de Campos J M, Kusak M E, Sarasa J L, Isla A, Rey J A
Abstract excerpt
Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) involving the distal chromosome 1 p36 region occurs frequently in nonastrocytic brain tumours, but the tumour suppressor gene targeted by this deletion is unknown. p73 is a novel gene that has high sequence homology and similar gene structure to the p53 gene; it has been mapped to 1 p36, and may thus represent a candidate for this tumour suppressor gene. To determine whether p73 is...
Topics
- Brain Neoplasms
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Humans
- Loss of Heterozygosity
- Mutation
- Nuclear Proteins
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
- Tumor Protein p73
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins
