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Molecular analysis of p53 and K-ras in lung carcinomas of coal miners.
International journal of molecular medicine - 1 Oct 2001
Sarkar F H, Li Y, Vallyathan V
Abstract excerpt
Thirty-three cases of non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) from the archives of National Coal Workers' Autopsy Study were studied for mutational alterations in p53 and K-ras using PCR-SSCP, DNA sequencing and PCR-oligonucleotide probe hybridization techniques. Mutations of the p53 were observed in 4 smokers (19%) and one in a never smoker (8%). Two polymorphisms in smokers were detected at codon 213, a common site...
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