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Extensive somatic mitochondrial mutations in primary prostate cancer using laser capture microdissection.
Cancer research - 15 Nov 2002
Chen Junjian Z, Gokden Neriman, Greene Graham F, Mukunyadzi Perkins, Kadlubar Fred F
Abstract excerpt
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men in the United States,but the precise molecular events leading to prostate carcinogenesis are not well understood. We isolated histologically defined cell populations from prostate cancer and its preinvasive lesions using laser capture microdissection, and performed genetic analysis on the mitochondrial genome, a sensitive cytoplasmic DNA. An...
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