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Alterations in tumour suppressor gene p53 in human gliomas from Indian patients.
Journal of biosciences - 1 Dec 2002
Phatak Poornima, Selvi S Kalai, Divya T, Hegde A S, Hegde Sridevi, Somasundaram Kumaravel
Abstract excerpt
Alterations in tumour suppressor p53 gene are the most common defects seen in a variety of human cancers. In order to study the significance of the p53 gene in the genesis and development of human glioma from Indian patients, we checked 44 untreated primary gliomas for mutations in exons 5-9 of the p53 gene by PCR-SSCP and DNA sequencing. Sequencing analysis revealed six missense mutations. The incidence of p53...
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