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Esophageal cancer in Chinese population: no polymorphism in codon 149 of P21(Waf1/Cip1) cyclin dependent kinase gene.
Oncogene - 31 Oct 2002
Xi Ya-Guang, Ding Ke-Yue, Ren Ying-Hui, Shen Yan, Ke Yang
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It has recently been suggested that people of the Indian population who carried the codon 149 polymorphism (GAT-->GGT) of P21(Waf1/Cip1) gene were more susceptible to esophageal cancer and oral cancer than the individuals without that polymorphism. Since esophageal cancer is a high incident neoplasm in China, we analysed the same codon of P21(Waf1/Cip1) in the Chinese population. Blood samples from 80 esophageal...
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