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Inactivation of the p16INK4A gene by methylation is not a frequent event in sporadic ovarian carcinoma.
Oncology reports - 1 Jan 2000
Brown I, Milner B J, Rooney P H, Haites N E
Abstract excerpt
The p16INK4A tumour suppressor gene (p16) encodes for a cyclin-dependant kinase inhibitor which plays a role in the phosphorylation of the retinoblastoma protein (pRb) during regulation of the G1-S phase of the cell cycle. Loss of heterozygosity at 9p21, the chromosomal location of the p16 gene, has been reported in a broad range of tumours and this is usually indicative of the presence of a tumour suppressor...
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