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Methylation of O(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase gene is associated significantly with K-ras mutation, lymph node invasion, tumor staging, and disease free survival in patients with gastric carcinoma.
Cancer - 1 Dec 2001
Park T J, Han S U, Cho Y K, Paik W K, Kim Y B, Lim I K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: O(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) can remove O(6)alkylG DNA adducts. If they are not removed, then the adducts mispair with T during DNA replication, resulting in G-to-A mutation. Interrelations between MGMT gene inactivation by promoter methylation, K-ras mutation, and clinicopathologic features in patients with gastric carcinoma were studied. METHODS: Surgically removed tumor tissues...
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